Voilà: Francis Gagnon
@chezvoila.com
Information design and data visualization studio focused on the environment, social development, and governance.
Montreal (since 2013).
English and French
Interactives, dashboards, reports, presentations, training
Posts by Francis Gagnon, founder
Montreal (since 2013).
English and French
Interactives, dashboards, reports, presentations, training
Posts by Francis Gagnon, founder
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Voilà: Francis Gagnon
@chezvoila.com
· Sep 1
Here you go. 🫡
Please share widely to help develop the dataviz community of Bluesky. 📊
go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy
Please share widely to help develop the dataviz community of Bluesky. 📊
go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy
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Fascinating post about the hard and sometimes weird choices you make to show the phenomena you want explore or illustrate 💯
Want a look behind the scenes? People are curious about how we come up with (good) ideas at Voilà:. Here are five examples in a blog post. 🐝 📊
Eureka! 5 information design solutions - Voilà:
Where do good ideas come from? How do they emerge? And most importantly, when? Here is a our set of creative choices.
chezvoila.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Fascinating post about the hard and sometimes weird choices you make to show the phenomena you want explore or illustrate 💯
Want a look behind the scenes? People are curious about how we come up with (good) ideas at Voilà:. Here are five examples in a blog post. 🐝 📊
Eureka! 5 information design solutions - Voilà:
Where do good ideas come from? How do they emerge? And most importantly, when? Here is a our set of creative choices.
chezvoila.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Want a look behind the scenes? People are curious about how we come up with (good) ideas at Voilà:. Here are five examples in a blog post. 🐝 📊
I'm working on some internal business analysis right now and it only increases my respect for all the hard work of collecting, organizing and cleaning the data... Never take it for granted when you visualize it!
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm working on some internal business analysis right now and it only increases my respect for all the hard work of collecting, organizing and cleaning the data... Never take it for granted when you visualize it!
Absolutely love to find raw talent like this. 66 followers on here, it has to go up!
Thanks to @puddingviz.bsky.social and congrats to Damar for his win at the Pudding Cup! 📊
Thanks to @puddingviz.bsky.social and congrats to Damar for his win at the Pudding Cup! 📊
finally published this visual article on dithering (part 1)!
I had so much fun and learned a lot while making this. not only about dithering, but also about @threejs.org shaders.
as usual, animated with @animejs.com
enjoy!
🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
I had so much fun and learned a lot while making this. not only about dithering, but also about @threejs.org shaders.
as usual, animated with @animejs.com
enjoy!
🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
December 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Absolutely love to find raw talent like this. 66 followers on here, it has to go up!
Thanks to @puddingviz.bsky.social and congrats to Damar for his win at the Pudding Cup! 📊
Thanks to @puddingviz.bsky.social and congrats to Damar for his win at the Pudding Cup! 📊
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According to our 2024 SOTI Survey, what do you think were the top 3 most used tools?
The 2025 survey is now open, share your unique perspective by January 15, 2026: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...
1. PowerBI, Figma, R
2. Excel, Tableau, R
3. D3, Google Sheets, Tableau
4. Excel, Pen & Paper, PPT
The 2025 survey is now open, share your unique perspective by January 15, 2026: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...
1. PowerBI, Figma, R
2. Excel, Tableau, R
3. D3, Google Sheets, Tableau
4. Excel, Pen & Paper, PPT
DVS State of the Industry Survey - 2025
www.surveyhero.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
According to our 2024 SOTI Survey, what do you think were the top 3 most used tools?
The 2025 survey is now open, share your unique perspective by January 15, 2026: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...
1. PowerBI, Figma, R
2. Excel, Tableau, R
3. D3, Google Sheets, Tableau
4. Excel, Pen & Paper, PPT
The 2025 survey is now open, share your unique perspective by January 15, 2026: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...
1. PowerBI, Figma, R
2. Excel, Tableau, R
3. D3, Google Sheets, Tableau
4. Excel, Pen & Paper, PPT
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HOW COOL IS THIS TABLE?!
The table on the left shows my results for the first three tournaments I've played in Learned League. The green highlights are lightly-rendered bars.
I drew the bars in the table on the right in case you don't see them on the left.
Great way to augment a table.
The table on the left shows my results for the first three tournaments I've played in Learned League. The green highlights are lightly-rendered bars.
I drew the bars in the table on the right in case you don't see them on the left.
Great way to augment a table.
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
HOW COOL IS THIS TABLE?!
The table on the left shows my results for the first three tournaments I've played in Learned League. The green highlights are lightly-rendered bars.
I drew the bars in the table on the right in case you don't see them on the left.
Great way to augment a table.
The table on the left shows my results for the first three tournaments I've played in Learned League. The green highlights are lightly-rendered bars.
I drew the bars in the table on the right in case you don't see them on the left.
Great way to augment a table.
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And one last tip: repost > like.
If you want more people to see a post you enjoy, repost, repost, repost.
"Likes" signal de poster you enjoyed their post, but they don't promote it. Reposting means you share it with your own followers and feeds, amplifying reach.
If you want more people to see a post you enjoy, repost, repost, repost.
"Likes" signal de poster you enjoyed their post, but they don't promote it. Reposting means you share it with your own followers and feeds, amplifying reach.
December 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And one last tip: repost > like.
If you want more people to see a post you enjoy, repost, repost, repost.
"Likes" signal de poster you enjoyed their post, but they don't promote it. Reposting means you share it with your own followers and feeds, amplifying reach.
If you want more people to see a post you enjoy, repost, repost, repost.
"Likes" signal de poster you enjoyed their post, but they don't promote it. Reposting means you share it with your own followers and feeds, amplifying reach.
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Folks, here's a link to my newsletter where I express my exasperation with LinkedIn.
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
I'm exasperated with LinkedIn. How about you?
mailchi.mp
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Folks, here's a link to my newsletter where I express my exasperation with LinkedIn.
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
Maybe we can get a critical mass of data viz people to agree to put in real effort to make BlueSky social work.
mailchi.mp/b0a153ba5843...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
Elegant design. Source unclear, perhaps the poster?
(CW: lazy alt text alert)
(CW: lazy alt text alert)
Here’s the demographic breakdown of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s district.
Elon Musk says Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Omar’s district is 2.9% Somali-American.
Elon Musk says Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Omar’s district is 2.9% Somali-American.
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Elegant design. Source unclear, perhaps the poster?
(CW: lazy alt text alert)
(CW: lazy alt text alert)
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Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
The richest man on the planet has a pinned tweet that's just straight up white nationalism. I can't say I miss Twitter!
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
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[14/24] 🎄📊 It's Sunday si let's cosy up with a nice simple riddle about a classic, ok?
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
[14/24] 🎄📊 It's Sunday si let's cosy up with a nice simple riddle about a classic, ok?
This Excel/PowerPoint plug-in is not available for Mac, so I can't use it, but it looks pretty good. 📊
Power-user for PowerPoint, Excel and Word l Advanced charts
Unlock powerful new chart types thanks to Power-user. The add-in will allow you create Waterfall, Mekko, Sankey, Tornado and more to give life to your data.
www.powerusersoftwares.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This Excel/PowerPoint plug-in is not available for Mac, so I can't use it, but it looks pretty good. 📊
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[10/24] 🎄📊 Today's riddle may need you to wear your thinking cap, let me know!
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
[10/24] 🎄📊 Today's riddle may need you to wear your thinking cap, let me know!
I’m so happy that the EU is fining X for its misleading blue check. I can’t believe some people still call it “verification”.
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’m so happy that the EU is fining X for its misleading blue check. I can’t believe some people still call it “verification”.
This post convinced me to order Dashboard that deliver. When we design dashboards, our main challenge is having a processes to choose its content and functions, and I now have hope that this book will help us pin down a process. 📊
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/why-dashbo...
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/why-dashbo...
Why Dashboards That Deliver Should Be Your Next Read
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This post convinced me to order Dashboard that deliver. When we design dashboards, our main challenge is having a processes to choose its content and functions, and I now have hope that this book will help us pin down a process. 📊
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/why-dashbo...
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/why-dashbo...
Wanna make popular charts? Check out what worked for @ourworldindata.org in 2025. 📊
Top of the Charts: our most popular work in 2025
A look back at the most popular charts, articles, data insights, and more from Our World in Data in 2025.
ourworldindata.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wanna make popular charts? Check out what worked for @ourworldindata.org in 2025. 📊
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Help me find all the data and/or dataviz focused newsletters!
I've got a decent list going on LinkedIn... Add to it, or share in this thread. Let's find 'em all! #dataviz
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
I've got a decent list going on LinkedIn... Add to it, or share in this thread. Let's find 'em all! #dataviz
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Help me find all the data and/or dataviz focused newsletters!
I've got a decent list going on LinkedIn... Add to it, or share in this thread. Let's find 'em all! #dataviz
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
I've got a decent list going on LinkedIn... Add to it, or share in this thread. Let's find 'em all! #dataviz
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
36 years ago tomorrow, 14 women were killed in a school shooting in Montreal. We talk about it every year. This is still front page news I think it is a pretty normal reaction.
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
36 years ago tomorrow, 14 women were killed in a school shooting in Montreal. We talk about it every year. This is still front page news I think it is a pretty normal reaction.
The Excel World Championships (I’m not kidding) are happening LIVE. 📊
Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025 - Finals
YouTube video by Excel Esports
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The Excel World Championships (I’m not kidding) are happening LIVE. 📊
I delivered a dataviz training at our national broadcaster and ran into a celebrity: Les noces de juin, by Jean-Paul Lemieux. Still can’t believe they had the original in the meeting room.
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I delivered a dataviz training at our national broadcaster and ran into a celebrity: Les noces de juin, by Jean-Paul Lemieux. Still can’t believe they had the original in the meeting room.