Genius Loci, Audience Award and Gold Medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva 2023
Genius Loci, Public Prize and Gold medal at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions 2023
The future of heritage is being written on Genius Loci
Participatory
Sustainable
Economic
For cities, towns or territories
Connected medals at an affordable cost, to promote local heritage by giving an active role to citizens
Monuments and architecture
A historical monument, a listed house, a castle, a forgotten ruin...
Summits and natural parks
A mountaintop, a river, a hill, an isolated rock, the wonders of nature...
Local legends
Fairies, goblins, witches, elves, kobolds... myths hiding deep in our woods...
Neighborhood life
A street, a district, a playground, a school, a square, a market, a port...
Regional characters
Famous people, artists, generals, scholars… or simple citizens who have left their mark...
Shops and cafes
An irresistible bistro, a local business, a family grocer, a vineyard or terroir...
Personal places
Personal places, graves or places of meditation...
NEW
Genius Loci Pro
Create a regional network of points of interest and interactive maps with the most powerful tool on the market.
Preserve and enhance your local heritage with Genius Loci
Created for the 200 000 towns and villages of Europe, our product is both physical and digital: This is a 10 cm stainless steel medal, engraved with the name of the project and equipped with a QR Code. A simple scan reveals an exclusive digital space, revealing the secrets of the place.
Admin Interface
- Places management
- Content co-creation
- Statistics
Stainless steel medal for each place
WebApp
- Your content highlighted
- One scan is enough, no App
- Translations in 1 click
Preserve and enhance your heritage with Genius Loci.
Created for the 200 000 towns and villages of Europe, our product is both physical and digital: This is a 10 cm stainless steel medal, engraved with the name of the project and equipped with a QR Code. A simple scan reveals an exclusive digital space, revealing the secrets of the place.
Admin interface
- Places management
- Content co-creation
- Statistics
WebApp
- Your content highlighted
- One scan is enough, no App
- Translations in 1 click
They are already equipped
Pic du Midi (65)
Palace of Rumine
Evolène Region
EPFL Campus
Municipality of Echichens
Municipality of Bursins
Municipality of Vuiteboeuf
Municipality of Andilly (74)
Municipality of Archamps (74)
St-Prex
Genius Loci in the press
Steph Cruchon tells us about Genius Loci
Travel closer and deeper
Genius Loci promotes slow tourism adapted to today’s world. Our generations are learning to travel differently. Spend more time in the same region and discover less touristy places.
Hidden gems that only locals know about
How does it work?
Towns or villages order a stock of medals
Immediate location activation and easy content creation
Installation at the place of interest with two screws
Visitors scan the medal. Immediate access
Content is automatically translated into more than 10 languages
Access to attendance statistics
All prices are detailed in our booklet:
Pack
Medals
- 20 medals & the digital solution
- Custom Medals
- Content hosting
- Training videos
Pack
Support
- 60 medals & the digital solution
- Content hosting
- Custom Medals
- A face-to-face workshop with citizens in your municipality
- 1 technical referent
- Whatsapp group with support
Your citizens are “Genius”!
Usually funded by towns, villages or regions, the medals Genius Loci offer citizens who are passionate about history, architecture or culture, a simple and effective tool to share their knowledge, in context. They become the guardians of the memory of the place.
Our Genius are historians, photographers, teachers, travelers, architects, retirees, artists, passionate about heritage, culture and nature...
Test the design of your medals?
Our Simulator allows you to test several variants of your future medal in a few clicks. It is possible to modify the two inscriptions at the top and bottom.
Where to place the medals
The mission of Genius Loci is to promote places that are still hidden or little known. A natural curiosity, an old house, a bench, a statue, a grave, a village square, a remarkable tree…
The medals have been designed to fit in elegantly almost anywhere, including as close as possible to the object of attraction Geniuses should always ask permission before placing it. (See it Genius Charter)
AboutGenius Loci
2000 years ago, the Romans thought that every place was protected by a Genius Loci, - the spirit of the place.
Today, the “genius loci” designates the particular atmosphere of a place, its character, its history. The term is particularly used in architecture.
Now we’ve taken up this notion to create a rewarding and easy-to-use tool for cities, community organizations and individual citizens, to promote and digitize their favorite hidden attractions and secrets, while preserving heritage for all to access.
Created in Switzerland by the brains behind Design Sprint Ltd, Genius Loci SA offers the possibility of making hyperlocal destinations finally attractive, at a very affordable cost for cities, associations and communities.
