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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

Image search results showing that most world maps use colours rather than lines to differentiated time zones.
World map of time zones divided by colours.
Wen and 3 others liked your post. Speaking of Periscopic, anyone knows what happened to them? 3-5 years ago, they were everywhere, especially thanks to Kim Rees, who has since left. Their X account is deleted, their LinkedIn is dormant and reports lower headcount, and their most recent portfolio project on their site is from 2022
Menu in a green plate with a golden fork and a spoon. Chez Auguste Plein été Midsummer 18 juillet 2026 Entrée Cold Cream of Celery Soup, Walnuts, Raisins PLAT PRINCIPAL Lamb-Stuffed Peppers, Fennel, Brothy Tomatoes, Bitter Greens DESSERT Blueberry, Black Currant, and Corn Tart, Salted Butter Ice Cream
Scatterplot showing (with profile pictures) the predictions of six people for the midterm election in the US. All of them predict a strong Democratic House Majority. For the Senate, one predicts a narrow Democratic majority, three predict it will be even and two predict a narrow Republican majority.
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A unique visual representation of a football match between Argentina and Egypt at the World Cup. It is shown as an isometric playing field where to surfaces colored according to the teams (Argentina is sky blue and Egypt is deep red) are battling one another. The surface take over parts of the field in reflection of what happened during the game. The goals are shown as a quick peak, with the name of the scorer. Created by Alexandre Bogachev.
World map showing all countries in cyan, except for those that use the Fahrenheit temperature scale, in red: United States Bahamas Cayman Islands Liberia Palau Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands U.S. territories like Guam and Puerto Rico
LA CARTE CITOYENNE État des contributions en date du 25 juin 2026. VERSION Avant | Apres | Les deux CATÉGORIES: apprécié 852 manquant 1488 à améliorer 1291 à retirer 176 LIEN CYCLABLE À RETIRER Piste manquante sur Liège pour lier l'école St-Gérard aux populations voisines 2 coeurs Après • ajouté le 26 juin 2026
Maps of the large hadron collider superposer on the aerial map of the region. It overlaps the Swiss and French border, near Geneva. Below is a diagram showing that it is 8.6 m in diameter and about 100 m deep. It shows various labs around the perimeter, called Atlas, Alice, LCHb and Moedal, and CMS.
Two line charts side by side. Left: Annual carbon storage. About 20 projection lines show optimistic scenarios with considerable growth. The line for actual capacity is pracitcally flat. Right: Solar power. About 40 lines for projections show growth of varying degrees. The line for actual solar electricity production is much steeper than all of the projections, showing chronic underestimation. Source: ProPublica
Blue Ford Ranger 1986 parked in a residential street.
Community survey data 1. Cost 2. Travel 3. Time 4. Accessibility 5. Environmental concern 6. Safety concerns
RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS for a research study on artistic data visualization What is this about? We're studying how people generate and develop ideas in artistic data visualization— and the external methods they use to explore and shape those ideas. Who can participate? To be eligible, you must meet BOTH of the following: • Have experience creating data visualizations • Have a background or experience in fine art, graphic design, interactive design, or creative data visualization What's involved? Session 1 (35-45 min) via Zoom Remote meetup and discuss background information about a dataset (you can bring your own data) 3-4 days On your own, remote Generate ideas about the data visualizations (e.g., sketching, notes, coding) Session 2 (~30 min) via Zoom Remote reflection and discussion on your ideas No need to produce a polished final output— we're here to understand your process. Thank you! $70 for your time and insights. Payment by check after the second session. We're recruiting until 2026.8.31 Spots are limited. We may close recruitment earlier if we reach our target. Interested or have questions? Email me at tianwei-ma@uiowa.edu Tianwei Ma, PhD Student, University of lowa This study is for research purposes. Your participation is voluntary and confidential.
A dining table with an opened bottle of champagne, a few cookies in a black plate, a few black utensils, a laptop open with multiple people in a videoconference and in the background a tv mirroring the content of the laptop.
White notebook with 10,151 bird species visualized in a single composition, positioned radially by wing length.
Francis standing in front of a large screen and receiving a microphone. A total of 5 people are standing and six are sitting looking on. There is a poster of IIID in the background.
Eric Basmajian founded EPB Research in 2015 when he realized institutional economics had become institutional theater. After cutting his teeth on Wall Street, Eric saw firsthand how career considerations and institutional agendas contaminate analysis. While sell-side analysts protect banking relationships and internal teams protect careers, Eric built a research practice with zero conflicts—delivering the contrarian intelligence that serious operators need but rarely get. Unlike economists constrained by institutional agendas, Eric's analysis operates with complete independence: no investment banking relationships, no trading positions to support, no consensus pressure from corporate hierarchies. While other economists answer to institutions with competing priorities, Eric answers only to analytical accuracy.
Chad Hall standing next to a large screen displaying a sankey chart of the US budget by USA Facts. There are six people sitting in chairs watching the talk.
Sign for the conference. The Symbol Group. Neurath at 90. VisionPlus. IIID 28-29 May 2026.
The setup for a small conference with about 20 wooden chairs visible, in front of a large screen with a projection of slides, and a few people standing and sitting.
Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. Steven Rosenbaum, author of "The Future of Truth,, said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.
Joint VisionPlus and Symbol conferences 2026 in Vienna, Austria The Symbol Group 2026 27 May 2026: Symbol’26 Neurath@90, A Case for International Picture Language 28 and 29 May 2026: Vision Plus’26 Information design and civic administration: trust, tradition and toxicity Information Design Conference
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Line chart in French. Variation cumulative du nombre de logements mis en chantier selon le genre depuis 2015 Appartements et autres Total Maison individuelle Maison jumelée Maison en bande 2015 to 2024 Shows an increase until 2021, then a sharp drop in 2023 and a stabilisation in 2024.
Shoulder shot of Frank with his hand up in the middle of talking in front of his slides. Above, a very small horizontal image of the room in front of which he is talking.
Abstract: In this dissertation, we contribute practical advancements in tool-making as an intervention on the accessibility of interactive data experiences. The thesis of this dissertation is as follows: This dissertation argues that the tools practitioners use to build interactive data experiences are themselves sites where accessibility barriers are produced, prevented, or alleviated for both end users and authors. This work contributes five tools—Chartability, Data Navigator, Softerware, Cross-perception, and Skeleton—that collectively center accessibility work on the empowerment of disabled and non-disabled practitioners across the full arc of evaluation, data navigation, analytical interaction, and personalization. Rather than framing accessibility research solely around ideal experiences for end users with disabilities, this thesis investigates why accessibility work is so difficult for the practitioners who build interactive data experiences and what tool-making can reveal about those difficulties. We organize this investigation around four domains where practitioners face the most persistent challenges: evaluation, navigation, interaction, and personalization. Chartability, a heuristic framework contributed first and maps the full landscape of accessibility barriers and identified these three latter domains (navigation, interaction, and personalization) as the areas where the most severe gaps remain. Data Navigator and Skeleton then investigate navigation, finding that practitioners struggle because navigation structure has no visible, manipulable representation in their workflows. Cross-perception engages interaction, demonstrating that blind data analysis has been
2026 Frank.computer Tool-making as an intervention on the accessibility of interactive data experiences. Thesis defense. Picture of Frank Elavsky. Human-Computer Interaction Institute Axle Lab Dig CMU Edu
A certificate and a trophy on a white table. The bronze trophy has a triangular shape.
A crowd of about 80 people in the stands of a local baseball field, behind a fence. It’s dark outside and their faces are illuminated by two tvs in front of them. There are trees without leaves in the background.
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Two radar charts side by side. On the left, the nine values are in descending order, forming a type of snail shell figure. On the right, the nine values are in random order, forming an explosion-like shape. These charts have the same values – just in a different order Two radar charts side by side, illustrating how the ordering of axes in a radar chart dramatically changes the perceived shape — even when the underlying data is identical. Both charts show scores for Jane Doe (blue) and John Doe (pink) across nine dimensions labelled A through I, with values ranging from 0 to 100. Jane Doe's chart shows a compact, roughly rounded shape sitting mostly in the upper half of the radar, suggesting her high scores are clustered around adjacent axes in this arrangement. John Doe's chart shows a jagged, star-like shape with sharp spikes extending outward in several directions and deep indentations between them, creating a visually fragmented appearance. The key insight of this chart is that both shapes represent exactly the same set of values — only the order of the axes differs. This demonstrates a well-known limitation of radar charts: the visual shape is highly sensitive to axis arrangement, which means two identical datasets can look completely different depending on how the axes are ordered. Readers should focus on individual axis values rather than overall shape when interpreting radar charts. Left: Jane Doe Right: John Doe Created with the Radar chart template
Mathieu and Francis standing behind a high table with two high chairs, in front of a yellow poster that says: Voila, faisons parler vos données.
9. Avez-vous quelques bons mots pour Voilà: que nous pourrions partager publiquement ? / Do you have some good words for Voilà: that we could share publicly? I have yet to work with a better organized and professional creative agency. We are so pleased with the final product.
Lack of client education: Many clients still undervalue data visualization, seeing it as a commodity rather than a strategic craft. Smaller practitioners spend extra effort convincing clients of the ROI for thoughtful, custom work—efforts bigger firms can skip thanks to established trust. Clients might also demand fast turnarounds or trendy features (e.g., “make it interactive!”) without understanding the complexity, forcing independents into a reactive, rather than proactive, creative mode.
White dots on a black background mimicking an image of stars in the universe. Clusters are labeled (Anaesthelogy Commonwealth, Brazilian DevOps Plateau, Nature Photo Canopy, Geospatial Professional Athletes, etc.). A yellow arrow in the middle points to the small cluster named "Data Visualization Studio".
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Logo of the DATA VISUALIZATION SOCIETY Logo of ID DV VISUALIZING YOUR FUTURE Careers in Data and Design FREE TO JOIN ONLINE, JUST RSVP ON EVENTBRITE! Panelists BEN FRY Owner and Principal of Fathom Information Design AUCHER SERR Data Visualization Engineer at Netflix GABRIELE ROSSI Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Accurat APRIL 6th 3:30 PM ET
A map of the world (in colours, Mercator projection) covered in white tags hanging from pins. Tags cover the inhabited world but especially the Americas.
Show me how compound interest works Here's an interactive explorer — adjust the sliders to see how your money grows over time: Starting amount: $10,000 Annual rate: 7% Years: 20 Initial deposit: $10,000 Interest earned: $28,697 Final balance: $38,697 Stacked bar chart showing interests on top of deposit.
Interest calculator from Calculator.net using all the same parameters, but for annual compounding. The ending balance is now $38,687.
Question: Why have you excluded the compound period from the calculation? Answer: Good catch! The calculator assumes annual compounding, but the compounding frequency (monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.) does affect the outcome. More frequent compounding means interest gets added to your balance sooner, so it starts earning interest itself earlier. Let me add that control: Initial deposit: $10,000 Annual return: 7.0% Time horizon: 20 yrs Monthly addition: $0 Compounding period: Monthly APY 7.229% Final balance: $40,387 Total contributed: $10,000 Interest earned: $30,387
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Sometimes you just need to see it Besta Ask Claude to show you Claude can now build custom charts, diagrams, and interactive visuals right in the conversation when showing beats telling. See it work
Windows 11 screen resolution setting showing an option for Scale to change the size of text, spots and other items.
Flow diagram between major field of study and occupation, 2021 Census of Population, by Statistics Canada. On the left, major fields of study. On the right, occupation. There are a dozen categories on each side and no identifiable pattern emerges, creating a spaghetti of lines crossing.
Stacked area chart of Electricity production by source, Canada Measured in terawatt-hours. From 1984 to 2025. Energy included: Bioenergy Solar Wind Hydropower (largest by far) Nuclear Oil Gas Coal Data source: Ember (2026); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) – Learn more about this data Note: "Other renewables" include geothermal, wave, and tidal. OurWorldinData.org/energy | CC BY
Paired column charts with some transparency and overlap. The margin of error is shown on the second bar of the pairs. The eye is supposed to find these where the bottom of the line showing the margin of error is above the top of the first bar. Means for selected outcomes by assigned treatment feed in the two samples: top, summarized outcomes for the sample of users initially on the chronological feed; bottom, summarized outcomes for the sample of participants initially on the algorithmic feed. The difference in the height of the two bars in each chart represents the unconditional ITT effect. Error bars, 95% CI for the ITT effect relative to the control mean (Control mean + ITT ± 1.96 × s.e.). The title of each chart presents the treatment-effect magnitude in percentage points (pp) and its P value (all tests are two-sided). The unit of observation is respondent. Sample sizes for each subgroup are reported below the bars. All outcomes are indicator variables except ‘Shares Republican priorities’, for which the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile and maximum are: 0, 0, 0.33, 0.67, 1 for initial-Chronological to Chronological subsample; 0, 0, 0.33, 0.67, 1 for initial-Chronological to Algorithmic; 0, 0, 0.33, 0.67, 1 for initial-Algorithmic to Algorithmic; and 0, 0.33, 0.33, 0.67, 1 for initial-Algorithmic to Chronological. Supplementary Information section 2.1 presents similar bar charts for all individual outcome variables. Supplementary Information section 2.4 presents regression results for all outcome variables.
TV on a wall with the white logo of Voilà on a black background. Cover of Nightingale issue 5 (mint green with a path of ants going left to right) on a wooden table.
Who wants to marry a millionaire? US married couples*, % of wives who work full time, 2010-24 Homeowners vary between 70 and 80% for the first 80 percentiles, then drop at around 50%. Renters vary between 50% and 60% then drop between 45% and 50% at the 80th percentile. *Under 45 years old with children and a working male partner Sources: Census Bureau; The Economist
The gale Nightingale newsletter, from the Data Viz Society A home for every story Since we launched the print edition of Nightingale, our goal has been to create a physical record of the craft, culture, and community of data visualization. These aren't just magazines; they are time capsules of the ideas shaping our industry. However, we have a challenge, and we want to be transparent with you about it. Right now, our warehouse is overstocked. While we love seeing these issues stacked high, the reality is that we simply cannot afford the ongoing storage costs. If we can’t find homes for these copies soon, they risk being disposed of—a heartbreak for our team and a waste of the incredible work within their pages.
Streamgraph of music revenus by medium: Vinyl, Tape, Disc, Download and Streaming, from 1973 to 2019 (approx). It uses the centred stack order by time appearance.
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Cubic table representing the composition of flags by shapes, colors and graphic elements. How flags are combined Most flags are based on a simple formula of colours, symbols and layouts. This results in many similarities, but as you can see, there are still some empty spots available for new flag designs.
Outlier 24-26 June 2026 Virtual conference Data Visualization Society
Learning Relevant articles, interviews, or videos to help further your development in data viz. 24. How to Give a Talk | 13pt​ After 20 years at The New York Times, this is a transcript of Jonathan Corum's farewell talk to the Graphics desk. One of the best in the business. Go 25. Visualizing for Hope | On Data & Design on Youtube​ Typically astute and thoughtful (and timely) talk from Francis Gagnon for the On Data & Design lecture series. Go 26. Broken Chart: Discover 9 Visualization Alternatives | Dr Dominic Royé​ I've always be drawn to posts like these where smart people don't just critique a flawed chart type but explore various alternatives too. Go
A laptop on an ironing board, in front of a bed with five pillows arranged vertically, side-by-side, against the head board. The scene is in a hotel room and light is coming abundantly from a window to the left.
See, Think, Design, Produce. Understand groups See and think. Explain groups Design and Produce.