Louis Charron
@louischarron.bsky.social
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Designer specialized in science communication
https://www.louischarron.io
New branding work! Since January 2025, critical environmental datasets are being systematically removed from federal websites, information we all need to understand climate risks and protect public health.
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24 days ago
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For the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, Katja Schechtner and Alex Putzer affiliated with IDRA and Università Ca' Foscari Venezia are challenging us to reconsider the rights of the Venice lagoon through a thoughtful Manifesto.
#rightsofnature
5 months ago
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For years I've used visual metaphors without truly understanding how they work. After months of exploration, I think I've gained a better sense of what makes a good metaphor and why they're crucial for communicating complex ideas.
#scicomm
7 months ago
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Louis Charron
Sara Kobilka (she/her)
7 months ago
You're scrolling through your feed when suddenly you stop, your eyes drawn to something fascinating! You've got until noon ET TODAY (Feb 14) to register for the first Water Whys UA Visual SciComm Seminar speaker, freelance graphic designer
@louischarron.bsky.social
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waterwhys.org/seminar/spri...
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Sara Kobilka (she/her)
7 months ago
Can't wait to learn about this today for the
@waterwhysua.bsky.social
Visual SciComm Seminar! It's not too late for folks to register for this free virtual talk!
waterwhys.org/seminar/spri...
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SPRING 2025
Spring 2025 Visual SciComm Seminar Join us for this virtual speaker series on a wide range of topics related to visual scientific communication. The Spring series will take place on Fridays (see each...
https://waterwhys.org/seminar/spring-2025/
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Yesterday marked an exciting milestone: my first public lecture sharing insights from nearly a decade of design for science communication! At Quantum Creators Con at the City College of New York, I presented "How to Make Science Captivating"
#scicomm
#quantumcomputing
8 months ago
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How do you tell the story of a database? First, reveal why this data matters for both scientists and the public, and second, bring it to life through beautiful animation!
#scicomm
8 months ago
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Thrilled to share one of my favorite projects from 2024: the new visual identity and website for Yale Livable City Lab!
#visualidentity
#branding
#sciencecommunication
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9 months ago
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👀 Excited to share my very first interview about my work as a designer in science communication! I had a great conversation with
@fromthelabbench.bsky.social
we talked about the role of beauty, the importance of naivety and the power of metaphors. ↓
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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11 months ago
So impressed with the results! Louis and the team really dug into the research and came up with a clear and insightful video translation 🔬
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🧠📄 How do you turn a complex neuroscience paper into a 3-minute story everyone can understand? New collaboration with
@interactingminds.bsky.social
reveals surprising links between early childhood & overcoming stereotypes. 👇
11 months ago
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🌱 New work: how to brand environmental justice in tech? I had so much fun working with the team at Rooted Futures Lab on creating their new visual identity combining AI schematics with vintage botanical imagery, blending tech aesthetics with grainy organic textures
12 months ago
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How do we create symbols that represent science? As a designer working with scientists, I keep bumping into this question. So I decided to dive in and write about it.
about 1 year ago
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What happens in our brains when we come to consensus? I’m super excited to finally share the first video in a series of
#neuroscience
animated explainers for
@interactingminds.bsky.social
youtu.be/ZmgJdih0g3I
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Consensus aligns our brains
To find out what happens in our brains when we come to consensus, we designed an experiment, and we discovered something remarkable. This video is based on a research paper: Consensus-building conversation leads to neural alignment, published in Nature Communications in 2024 Researchers: Beau Sievers, Christopher Welker, Uri Hasson, Adam M. Kleinbaum, Thalia Wheatley Video production: Louis Charron, Janès Zabukovec, Thomas Deis, Beau Sievers © Consortium for Interacting Minds, Dartmouth, 2024
https://youtu.be/ZmgJdih0g3I
over 1 year ago
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Can we defend pursuing beauty when communicating science or innovation? That question has been on my mind for a while, so I wrote about it and I found 3 functions of beauty when creating
#dataviz
, infographics, or any visuals really 👇
#scicomm
over 1 year ago
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Working on a new poster series 01 Quote by Andrew Thaler Fonts by Off Type & Pangram Pangram
over 1 year ago
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✨ New work ✨ How to turn air quality data into an interesting story? Here is how we did it in this video with MIT Senseable City Lab:
youtu.be/eiwWCJdlfg0?...
#scicomm
#AirQuality
#sciencevideo
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MIT Senseable City Lab - Flatburn
FLATBURN: the open source city scannerhttps://senseable.mit.edu/flatburnFLATBURN is an open-source, low-cost, solar-powered sensing platform designed to moni...
https://youtu.be/eiwWCJdlfg0?si=0vMOXHw7gYqq1eMe
over 1 year ago
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How do we get people to care about science? I wrote a few words on my practice as a designer working with scientists.
#scicomm
medium.com/@louischarro...
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How design can make science captivating
How do we get people to care about science? Here is how design and storytelling can help.
https://medium.com/@louischarron/how-design-can-make-science-captivating-03b2bfea295d
over 1 year ago
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✨ Some exciting news: I’m launching my very own, NYC based, design studio dedicated to help scientists communicate complex research beyond the scientific community.
#scicomm
www.louischarron.io
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Louis Charron — design for science communication
I help scientists, research labs and companies to communicate complex ideas to broad audiences through storytelling and design.
https://www.louischarron.io
almost 2 years ago
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After more than a year using Midjourney I noticed that the images generated are becoming more similar and less surprising. So I wrote a few words on how the mystery and the poetry of the early AI images disappeared.
medium.com/@louischarro...
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The case for AI hallucination
AI image generators can produce anything, so why should they produce photorealistic images by default?
https://medium.com/@louischarron/the-case-for-ai-hallucination-a79688338a14
about 2 years ago
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