A report redesigned with pop colors

View of a report page displayed on a tablet, showing a pink and purple stacked area chart.

A portrait of downtown Montreal highlighting graphic charts Montreal centre-ville wanted to rebrand its annual report by offering a creative, visual interpretation of its data, moving away from the traditionally text-heavy format. For the eighth edition, Voilà: redesigned the report around clear, vibrant charts designed for clear interpretation. Design as a tool for clarity The […]

Heating our buildings without impacting the climate

An image showing a series of images laid out on a light gray background. Presented like posters, these images are all taken from the report "Heat Exchange" and include both text and charts. At the center, seemingly floating in the air, is the cover image. On this cover, the title "Heat Exchange," in large capital letters, dominates the space, with the two letters "E" and "X" in blue and the rest of the word "change" in red. The letters of "Exchange" are not all aligned on the same baseline, giving it a sense of movement. The letters "E" and "G" create a gradient of shapes behind them with their outlines. The word "heat" is written above this title in smaller, on the left. Framing the cover is the Climate Institute logo at the top, and the subtitle "How today's policies will drive or delay Canada's transition to clean, reliable heat for buildings" at the bottom.

Heating our buildings without impacting the climate In collaboration with Voilà:, the Canadian Climate Institute has developed a new report on the impact of today’s policies on the transition of buildings to a cleaner and more reliable heating system. The aim of this project was therefore to draw public attention to the invisible challenges associated […]

Futureproofing communities

The infographic, placed on an easel in front of a gray background, is titled “Futureproofing communities”. The infographic is divided in two parts. The part on the left, the most important, is shaped like a square and indicates the characteristics that determine a community's level of exposure. It shows five groups of circles, each representing a community. These groups are arranged according to their level of susceptibility, from top to bottom, from most to least susceptible. The size and colour of each circle represent, respectively, the size of the community workforce and one or several of the three metrics to which the community is most susceptible. On the right, a separate column mentions the “Community Transformations Project” and outlines five steps to improve a community's resilience.

Future-proofing communities The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) has developed an interactive map in collaboration with The Community Economic Development Network and The Energy Mix about Community Susceptibility in Canada. They were seeking Voila:’s support to produce a static infographic that summarizes the key messages. Understanding the findings This project analyzes the impact […]

Creating a narrative to explain the impact of Economic dynamism

Creating a narrative to explain the importance and impact of Economic Dynamism In collaboration with the Economic Innovation Group, we clarified the nature and impact of economic dynamism in the United States. The result is an interactive that presents its history and how it has behaved state by state. We aimed to create an experience […]

Highlighting the positive results of a multi-sport program in Quebec

Cover of the report “Fillactive, ça marche!”.

Encouraging young Quebec women to regularly exercise Nine out of ten teenage girls in Quebec do not meet the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day. A recent study demonstrates the benefits of Fillactive‘s program on teenagers’ physical and mental health, helping them to increase time spent practicing sport in a sustainable way. We […]

Moving to a net zero future in an uncertain world

Moving to a net zero future in an uncertain world CPP Investments, Canada’s largest pension fund, is committed to achieve net zero in their portfolio and operations and they wanted to communicate their plans to a larger audience. We worked with them to craft an interactive explaining their commitment to all Canadians. https://chezvoila.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CPP-Net-Zero-EN-vignette-animee-ajustee.mp4 A guiding […]

Tracking Canada’s progress toward Net Zero emissions

The image shows a front-facing iMac on a gray background, with its large screen, keyboard, and trackpad. It displays the 440 megatonnes dashboard homepage, with one of the main charts in the project, a line chart showing emission levels between 2005 and 2021, as well as the projected decrease of emissions through 2030. A decreasing band shows the "Net Zero pathway" that decreases to zero emissions between 2021 and 2050. The gap between projected emissions in 2030 and the "Net Zero pathway" is highlighted with a bracket and red text.

Tracking Canada’s progress toward Net Zero emissions Is Canada on track to meet its 2030 emission reduction goals, and how far might it be from a path toward Net Zero? The Canadian Climate Institute conducted an independent assessment of Canada’s emissions reduction plan and came to us to showcase the results. Clarifying the structure Before […]

Demystifying the costs of heat pumps for consumers

In an office room, on a table, a desktop computer shows the interactive. The screen background is a pastel gradation of colour from pastel blue to orange. A paragraph of text faces an illustration of a heat pump, set in a dark blue circle. Bright orange and blue bubbles surround the boundaries of the circle.

Demystifying the costs of heat pumps for consumers As part of a project aimed at increasing the adoption of heat pumps, the Canadian Climate Institute challenged Voilà: to design a web-based interactive to demystify the costs of heat pumps. The interactive needed to present the costs of different heating and cooling configurations, across five different cities […]

Data visualization for women’s economic empowerment

Set of images of charts developed in the project. In the visual, the images have been placed in a staggered pattern.

Bringing transparency to international aid for women’s economic empowerment Publish What You Fund is a non-profit organization ensuring international aid and development data is transparent and available, and actionable. In October 2020, they launched a project aimed at improving transparency in the financing of women’s economic empowerment, tracking several key indicators. We partenered with them […]

Freeing the US from its culture of detention

Cover and double-page spread of a printed copy of the final report. The cover page has a strong visual metaphor of a gavel that doubles as a barred window. The background colour is dark and some light comes through the window, extending long shadows of the bars on the cover and giving the audience a point of view from inside of the cell. The double-page spread presented here is the header and first paragraphs of chapter one on the left page and a quote from the report on the right page.

Freeing the US from its culture of detention The University of Chicago Law School needed to get the most visual impact for a wide range of troubling statistics on the culture of detention that had taken root in the US justice system. The study shows with hard evidence that there is a complex systemic issue. […]