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The mood boards, which were originally designed and based on visual art, are adopted in a wide range of academic fields, which are a support for ideas, ideological thinking and merging. As educational units, they are accepted in the learning environment as aids for creative controls, as well as evaluated components in a course, especially within the design -based course. This research examines mood boards as a teaching and learning method to increase students' motivation, creativity and learning consequences in higher education. Focusing on the students in third -year interior design, this study examines their experience with the Boud Board building as part of the course. A mixed methodological approach was used using case study, student reflection, class observation and material analysis of student -produced mood boards. These research methods check how students connect to the visual development process and how it affects their ideological, beauty and cognitive development. The results suggest that mood boards improve the creative thinking of students a lot, encourages more depth in visual research engagement and facilitates ideological and beauty decision -making of beauty and beauty. Students further reported better confidence in expressing their views and expressing better understanding of professional needs in the design profession. This article concludes that the curriculum can enrich the experience of learning to the student by developing significant visual literacy, reflective practice and creative autonomy, including the structured mood board in the design. Conclusions provide important implications for teachers who want to increase educational strategies in creative surroundings.