In a recent keynote for CUE, in my discussion of learning spaces I mentioned a school I’d read about that posted “mood board” type photos of their aspiring visions of their up-and-coming ideal media center. Not only did these images guide the design process, but they were constant reminders of the progress of the project, and served to inspire hope when the going got frustrating. My analogy (because I tend to always think in metaphor) was to “Skinny Jean Goals”. This hit home