From Mood Boards to Spatial Clarity: Why Interior Presentations Need More Than References

Dave Smith
Mood boards have defined interior presentation for decades. But as client expectations evolve and projects grow in complexity, the gap between a curated reference board and a believable spatial experience has become harder to ignore. Interior designers have always spoken in images before they speak in materials. The early conversations of any project — the first meetings where a concept starts to crystallise — tend to happen through collected photographs, torn magazine pages, sketched...