Educational project
Mineralia
The micro-landscapes of the Centovalli
SUPSI Image Focus
The project explores the link between the natural sciences, public engagement and design to make the world of minerals accessible and showcase the Centovalli region. Through a multi-scale narrative, it combines geology, landscape and scientific visualisation, transforming microscopic elements into visual focal points.
Mineralia was conceived within an interdisciplinary framework that brings together the natural sciences, popular science and design, with the aim of making complex subjects such as mineralogy accessible.
Today, scientific knowledge often remains confined to scholars and experts: the project aims to bridge this gap, demonstrating how visual communication can facilitate an understanding of nature and its processes.
The objective is to showcase the Centovalli region, revealing what is invisible to the naked eye through a multi-scale narrative that leads from the landscape to the microscopic world of minerals. The book integrates geology, geography and scientific visualisation, transforming minute elements into visual protagonists.
The research, supported by experts and collectors, has led to the creation of original textual and visual content, produced using tools such as QGIS and a microscope.
Alongside the main publication, a pocket guide inspired by Pantone colour charts has been developed, designed for hikers and enthusiasts. “Mineralia” thus becomes a bridge between design and science, with a vision for the future that includes new editions dedicated to the Swiss valleys and potential multimedia developments.
Today, scientific knowledge often remains confined to scholars and experts: the project aims to bridge this gap, demonstrating how visual communication can facilitate an understanding of nature and its processes.
The objective is to showcase the Centovalli region, revealing what is invisible to the naked eye through a multi-scale narrative that leads from the landscape to the microscopic world of minerals. The book integrates geology, geography and scientific visualisation, transforming minute elements into visual protagonists.
The research, supported by experts and collectors, has led to the creation of original textual and visual content, produced using tools such as QGIS and a microscope.
Alongside the main publication, a pocket guide inspired by Pantone colour charts has been developed, designed for hikers and enthusiasts. “Mineralia” thus becomes a bridge between design and science, with a vision for the future that includes new editions dedicated to the Swiss valleys and potential multimedia developments.