1. Sample Boards
Sell Your Design Ideas

2. Sample boards can be used by designers & design students to present design ideas

3. Example Assignment Project
Modern Waterfront Home Redesign
Re-decorate modern waterfront home in a major city
Client wants contemporary look
with more life
Design Brief

4. How it looks now
All walls:Neutral stone
All ceilings: White
Cornices: Modern plain simple
Windows: Floor to ceiling glass
Design Brief

5. Rooms to be re-decorated
LivingDining
KitchenBathroom
Study2 Bedrooms
Ensuite
Design Brief

6. Client
Would like ideas for
Colors
Lamps
Furniture
Accessories
Other finishes
Design Brief
Would like images of how the rooms
will look

7. Mood Boards & Sample Boards Are Different
Mood boards
Sample boards
Usually presents different items to give an impression of design ideas
Presents the items used in a design to show how they will look together

8. Sample Boards
4
Modern Waterfront Home

9. Lounge
Dining
Sample Board Created On

10. Kitchen
Sample Board Created On

11. The Bathroom
Sample Board Created On

12. Main Bedroom
&
Ensuite
Sample Board Created On

13. Second Bedroom
Sample Board Created On

14. Study
Sample Board Created On

15. Design Proposal for Mrs.Smith
Design Proposal for Mrs.Smith
Design Proposal for Mrs.Smith
Lounge/Dining
Kitchen
Study
Design Proposal for Mrs.Smith
Design Proposal for Mrs.Smith
Design Proposal for Mrs.Smith
Sample
Boards
Created
On
Second Bedroom
Bathroom
Main Bedroom & Ensuite

16. When you create sample boards in the conventional way
You usually include details for your client
How to detail this information is presented on the following slides

17. Sample Board presentations
indicate what each item is
This can be achieved in 3 Basic Ways
1.
3.
2.
Each item is numbered
A footnote indicates what each item is
Each item is labeled
for example: Osborne & Little wallpaper
Each item is noted on the back of a sample board

18. 1.
Province Wall Lights
Walls: Dulux Color
Zuomod Office chair
Zumond shelving
Each
Item
Is
Labeled
Custom
Art work
Zoumod
Desk
Fundi Design
Cushions
Sample
Boards
Created
On
Ergoform Sofa
Thibaut Design
Wallpaper
Intergral Color Carpet

19. 2a.
Each Item is numbered
Then items listed on a separate sheet
2
3
4
Designer floor lamp
Osborne & Little chair fabric
Osborne & Little wallpaper
Fundi Design light
Wunders chaise lounge
Wunders dining chairs
Intergral Color floor rug
Shutters
Wunders sofa
Kenzan floor tile
Haldane Martin coffee table
1
5
6
7
9
8
10
2
3
11

20. 2b.
2
3
4
1
Each Item
is numbered
5
6
7
9
8
And
listed as a footnote
3
2
10
11
1. Designer lamp 2. O & L fabric 3. O & L wallpaper 4. Fundi light 5. Wunders lounge 6. Wunders chair 7. Intergral rug 8. Shutters 9. Wunders sofa 10. Kenzan floor tile 11. Haldane Martin coffee table

21. 3.
Back of board details each item
Wall colour
Dulux Shady
Province
Chandelier
Zuomod
Mirror
French
Bedside
table
French
Bedside
table
French Style
Bedhead
Intergral Color Carpet
Tileoria Tiles
Tileoria
Tiles
Funi Design
Lamps
Osborne
&
Little
Wallpaper
Fundi Design
Cushion
Lifestyle
Bath
Funi Design
Cushion
Fundi Design
Cushion
O & L
Wallpaper

22.

• As design proposals
• 23. For quotes
• 24. As specifications
• 25. As a project blueprint

Sample
Boards
can
be
Used
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26. You can also create eco friendly boards online
@ www.sampleboard.com