Visualization in the Mining Industry with Olga Krelin

Photo rendering, 3D models, and interactive visualization are some of the many ways we can make civil engineering look good, from an architectural design to a brand new infrastructure project. However, today’s guest goes beyond the common uses of these tools and applies illustrations and graphics to the Mining Industry.

Olga Krelin is a graphic, industrial, and information designer at Mining Illustrated, a Vancouver-based company that strongly believes in strategic visual content as a crucial part of every enterprise in the mining industry, both the ones focused on steel and gold, as well as those focused on more battery-related metals, such as nickel and lithium.

As a graphic designer by education, Olga started out with her design studio, Olga Krelin Design Associates, doing general branding and design services. However, one day she was requested to do a branding project for a mining company. What looked like to be something truly common, given that the project involved the usual design services, she, instead, kept receiving more and more projects requested by mining companies. When she least expected, the mining sector represented 90% of all the services of her design studio. Facing this significant information, she decided to niche down and focus on the mining industry, eventually coming up with Mining Illustrated.

This interview dives deeper into the details of how she got into the mining industry as a graphic designer, what her workflow looks like, from softwares to the different files she receives from clients, how she was able to reach and convert international clients from all parts of the globe, and what she thinks about the future of the mining industry, given the popularity of battery-related metals.

Resources Mentioned

Olga Krelin - LinkedIn / Twitter (@illustrate_ore) / Instagram (@olga.krelin) /

Mining Illustrated - Website / Contact

Olga Krelin Design Associates - Website

Sam Lytle - LinkedIn / [email protected]