Fashion Design Mood board - Complete Fundamentals

Fashion Design Mood board and this is Episode 1 of the Design Series.

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This video is all about Moodboard:
0:00 Intro
0:50 What is a Moodboard?
1:52 Design Brief
2:49 Book recommendation
3:22 Mind Map
5:56 Images
7:04 Components of a Moodboard
8:18 Outro
8:48 Bonus

Spring Summer 23 trends mood board fashion design fashion portfolio

[ManasviHissaria-ppqf]

This video helped me to make my moodboards better. Focus on finding the purpose, asking questions, having a clarity, referring to magazines and sites for latest trends, using only latest pictures for moodboards, mind maping the brief.

[Tanvi-hqvn]

This video helped me to understand moodboards better and how I can make them more presentable.
Takeaways from this video:
1)Understanding the brief is the most important aspect as entire result of the work depends on it.
2)Focus on finding the purpose, keep researching and exploring fashion related magazines, books etc.
3)After understanding the brief, do mind mapping. (scribble down your ideas or write down relevant points)
4)Do research on trend forecast (WGSN & refer to VOGUE for fashion related news)

5)Components of the Moodboard:
-Lifestyle
-Emotion
-Gender
-Category
-Color palette
-Text content
-Keywords
-Story name

[RkAnanya]

This video helped to understand on how to create a proper moodboard.
First of all any product should have a design brief. It should be able to tell us exactly what we are thinking about and how we want to go about that particular product.
There should be a purpose for each design and everything starts with a why.
Start making a mind map where you write down whatever words that come to your mind when you think of the product you are going to create.
Try to keep track of what's going on in the fashion industry. Sites like wgsn, vogue, sourcing journal. Try to get VIEW journals to get insights on textiles and others.
Images in your moodboards need to be precise. They can be self shot or taken by any latest photographers. (Pinterest can be used for inspiration boards).
Some of the Fashion moodboard aspects to be considered are:
Lifestyle (corporate, casual, luxury, sport, evening parties)
Emotions (nature, architecture, artworks)
Gender (male, female, non binary, kids)
Category (women's dresses, men's shirt, lingerie, sports wear, kids clothing)
Color palette (color combos for fabrics, from artworks, photoshoot backdrops)
Text (crisp writeup / keywords)

[anshunarwal]

This video gave me a better understanding of moodboards and how to make them more attractive.

Takeaways from this video:

1) The most critical part is to understand the brief because the entire outcome of the task is dependent on it.

2) Concentrate on determining the goal; continue to investigate and explore fashion-related magazines, books, and other resources.

3) Create a mental map after you've grasped the brief.

4) Conduct trend forecasting study (WGSN and VOGUE for fashion news)

5)The Moodboard's Components:
-Lifestyle
-Emotion
-Gender
-Category
-Color palette
-Text content
-Keywords
-Story name

~ Anshu

[messystrokes]

It's funny how we instinctively dodge or avoid confusion in general, instead of accepting it because we think that being confused is something wrong. The opening line of the video was a relieving one!
This video made me understand the purpose of a moodboard in the best ways possible.

[BhavyaKhurana-tmij]

This video helped me noting down all the things to make my moodboards better. And focus on finding the purpose, asking questions, having a clarity, referring to magazines and sites for latest trends, using only latest pictures for moodboards, mind maping the brief.

[vanshika]

I am starting my brand from scratch . Finally found Indian designer youtuber . Really really appreciate these high quality videos . Thank You so much

[AarushiKolli]

Thank you for this video. My learnings from this are-
1.A mood board is a visual space or a launch pad to creative journey.
2.Mood board helps to hold the entire aesthetic around your concept.
3.Understanding the brief is most important.
4. The highest achievement of design is to find a purpose.
5.After understanding the brief, start mind mapping, Scribble down whatever comes to your mind around the brief, your understanding and customers demand.
6.Research, refer to forecast stories, refer to sites like wgsn and fashion references magazines etc.
7.Choose correct images and correct sources for your mood board.
8.Components of Mood board:
LIFESTYLE
EMOTIONS
GENDER
CATEGORY
COLOR PALATTE
TEXT CONTENT
KEYWORDS
STORY NAME

[vanessavarkey]

As students, I believe that we've tried multiple methods of design process. But somewhere or the other we lack the basic sense of our collection, and we end up improvising and settling for something that was never on our mind.
But I think this video has made the chaos in my head slightly calm. Definitely going to apply these points the next time I am to construct a mood board!

[VanshikaRana-crvf]

Thank you sir for providing such an informative video. I learned so many things from this video.
learning outcome:-
~What is Mood board: -
-It's a visual space or a launchpad to a creative journey, a visual board to inspire, it stays with you throughout the creative process.
~Design brief: -
1.No project in design happened without a brief whether it's self-created or received from a customer.
2. Understanding the brief is the most important aspect.
3. Discuss the brief hundreds of times
4. Ask many questions - every time you get an answer you get a hint to achieve clarity and relevancy of your dreams Stronger in knowing the answers, Stronger in finding a purpose.
~Mind map: -
-scribble down endlessly what comes inflow with the customer in mind Gives space for your design approach materials lifestyles textures graphics.
~Images: -
1. If you are creating Industry-level mood boards using latest of latest images and references, we work two seasons ahead.
2. Pinterest is good for styling references but not really for professional mood boards.
3. Images must be really specific about every image Ensure images are right out of the camera or latest It reflects a preview of what the collection is going to be.
~Components of a Moodboard: -
1. Lifestyle
2. Emotions
3. Gender
4. Category
5. Color palette
6. Text content
7. Keywords
8. Story name

[AnjaliGupta-cmqp]

learnings from this video:-
What is mood board?
1. a mood board is a collection of content to translate an idea or thought visually.
2.A mood board is used for a team or an individual's work process and benefits both.
3.Research shows, mood boards allow designers the creative freedom they need while remaining coordinated and organized.
4.They can define an idea or project, inspire new angles or creative routes, and set the direction in times of uncertainty throughout a project.
Design brief:-
1. Understanding the brief is the most important aspect to clear your ideas and concept about your topics
2. understand the purpose of why in your project
Mind Mapping:-
1. Write down or scribble every thing or ideas that are coming to your head but with keeping in mind the needs of customer
2. go for research in forecast stories, trends, relevant facts
3. keep the work in sustainable way
4. refer to wgsn site and to apparel and fashion references
Images:-
1. pick out the latest or right from your camera images for your board
Components of a mood board:-
important aspects to portray:-
- lifestyle:- casual, corporate, luxury, party, sports
-Emotions:- expressed from texture, architecture, or from your own artwork
- Gender:- male, female, non-binary, boy or girls
-Category :- men's shirt, women's dress, lingerie, sportwear formal
-Color pallet - very important tool to finalize color combinations on fibric artworks or even photoshoot backdrops
- Text content - crisp write up that not just shares thought provoking messages but also displays your understanding and interpretation of the brief
- story name
- season
Book recommendation:-
1. Start with why by Simon Sinek
2. View magazine or textile view

Anjali Gupta

[moadpictures]

I currently have over 15 Youtube videos opened on my computer, just to properly understand mood board.

I must say this is what I have been searching for.

Thanks.

[harshikaverma]

Thank you for this video this helped me to learn the importance and concept of Mood boards, color boardsDesign brief, research. This was something new that i learnt. And thank u so much for recommending books and magazines.

[ayswaryarraj]

Thank you for this video sir, the video is so well organised and visually presented that it helped me understand the process better. Also the book and magazine suggestion you gave will be really helpful.
Some of my understanding - Mood board is to express what we feel, let it be colour, shape, structure, material etc we show what we feel visually.
Mood boards is very important before any project starts.
Mood board holds the complete aesthetics together.
Importance of brief.
Knowing "why" we need to do this project before starting it.
Mind mapping - writing down what ever comes to mind about your project, design approach, material, lifestyle, and texture, graphics, forms, age, colour theme, etc. (gives better clarity and path to the project)
Reffer - WGSN, Vogue, sourcing journal.
Choosing the images for mood board.
Components of a mood board
Lifestyle, emotions expressed through images, gender, category I want to work with, colour palette, text content (it should be crisp, and states my understanding of brief).

[shanterinayak]

I feel that mood board is the starting as well as the end point while making a collection. “Starting” since it lays out a road map based on the design brief which we would need to follow and “end” point since the collection we have designed need to reflect all the aspects we have put together in our moodboard. Also, I believe this is an anchor which holds different teams who work together on a design project. Coming to the video, I think it was structured well and explained in a manner that is easily understood. I really liked the book and magazine suggestion and would surely like to give them a read.

[BarshaRoy-pche]

the important aspects of creating Moodboard:

1.Understanding the brief is the most important aspect.
As it provides more clarity.
2.Be specific about each and every image of your Moodboard.
3. do mind mapping

Important components of the Moodboard:
-Lifestyle
-Emotion
-Gender
-Category
-Color palette
-Text content
-Keywords
-Story name

[vrindajindal]

Hello Sir,
It's really a very inspiring video with great knowledge, as a Fashion Design student, I would like to say that in my initial years I had a lot of confusion about all the boards which we had to make. It was very complicated but somehow managed to do it in my way. This video had inspired me a lot and that quote about Intuition, hit my mind and now I am really amazed to acknowledge how beautiful creative work is.
This video made me understand about:-
1] What is a design brief
2] Never be afraid to ask questions, know your consumer very well
3] Be well prepared ( mind mappings, surveys)
4] choose your Inspiration wisely
5] Consider about the Environment, Be Sustainable
6] Know your process very well
7] Spend a good amount of time on planning your project
8] Be Up to date with the industry
9] How to make a Mood-board
10] Reflection of yourself is what is necessary
11] Thinking about all the factors which play a crucial role in defining mood boards.
12] Be crisp and innovative

[barnaleepaul]

This video is a complete guide to understanding the purpose of a mood board in the most fitting way possible. It is an incredibly useful tool to inspire and jumpstart the design process. It is also important to understand WHY and for WHOM the mood board is being made as it helps in brainstorming ideas and making new connections between ideas.

[GEETANJALI-qtpj]

My Understanding
1. Mood board is a visual space or launched pad creative journal, and visual board to inspire its stays with you throughout the process.
2. The design brief : it is an most important aspect. Always ask why do you need this project before u start new project. And for better research work ask as much as question u can ask.
3. Mind mapping : scribbles things coming to ur mind regarding the project like Agr group, fabric, prints, colors, aspiration brand, etc .
4. Looking forecast stories, trends (website and magazine)
•WGSM
•VOUGE
•SOURCING JOURNAL
•VIEW Magazine
5. Images : latest references for boards
Really specific for the images taken from pinterest
6. For mood boards things need to be covered are:
•Lifestyle
• Emotions
• Gender
•Category
•Color palette
•Text content
•Key words
•Story name

[aydamahdavi]

thank you so much for the very brief and to the point video. i really needed it and i am going to watch your other videos. thanks again.