Collection

Things I’ve noticed, ideas I’ve explored, and work I still have a soft spot for. Photography, illustration, and design from over the years.

  • Towers in fog from the High Line
    High Line, New York
  • IMG 6D08677D7C83 1
    Jiu Jitsu Snake — closeup
  • Design exploration
    Design exploration
  • Two old fashioneds with orange and ice
    Two Old Fashioneds
  • Fire pit at night
    Fire pit at night
  • Three framed maze prints
    Maze prints
  • Noah's Ark
    Noah's Ark
  • bkb marquee
    Design exploration
  • Chef at Kintsugi cutting fish
    Kintsugi
  • Fight or Fight hang tags
    Fight or Fight — hang tags
  • thumb horizontal 6col bsbc
    Design exploration
  • thumb vertical 6col bsb 1
    Design exploration
  • White tee with jiu jitsu snake lettering
    Jiu Jitsu Snake — tee
  • Design exploration
    Design exploration
  • Icy road, Utah
    Utah
  • Building texture, Manhattan
    Manhattan
  • Fight or Fight snapback hat
    Fight or Fight — snapback
  • bkb
    Key Art
  • rhcp album
    Hand Lettering
  • Airplane wing in black and white
    Somewhere over America
  • cover
    Design Exploration
  • 04 BlkShip
    Design exploration
  • 02 BlkShip
    Design exploration
  • Fight or Fight shopping bag
    Fight or Fight — shopping bag
  • Black and white portrait of a man in glasses
    Portrait
  • bkb marquee 2
    Design exploration
  • Portrait of a woman in a mask by a fence
    Portrait, 2020
  • Design exploration
    Design exploration
  • Snake coiled on a branch
    Jiu Jitsu Snake — closeup
  • GCGT 2 1
    Design exploration
  • Industrial bridge in Cleveland
    Cleveland
  • Chef at Kintsugi with a knife and pot
    Kintsugi
  • White tee with stacked Fight or Fight type
    Fight or Fight — type tee
  • Muay Thai sweatshirt in white and orange
    Muay Thai — sweatshirt
  • 03 BlkShip
    Design exploration
  • Snowboarder on a slope seen through a fence
    Park City, Utah
  • 05 BlkShip
    Design exploration
  • 06 BlkShip
    Design exploration

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Talkar
Talkar

Principal Designer

Product design and creative direction for global brands. A player-coach who stays close to the making—shaping product, brand, and systems from concept through launch.

Name Eric Talkar
Location New York, NY
Email erictalkar@gmail.com
Website erictalkar.com
LinkedIn LinkedIn

Experience

Square

Principal Designer Present

Lead Catalog, Retail, and Inventory. In the first weeks, built a Design Hub in Cursor so designers can showcase work across Block’s brands, and presented it at Design Week. Shipped Scheduled Updates, redesigned option sets and variations in listing, and designed Catalog Cleanup for Managerbot, Square’s AI assistant. Set the vision for a Scheduled framework. Now designing Scheduled Resets, so sellers can schedule item availability, and inventory intake through Managerbot.

Expedia Group

Principal Designer 2025

Designed AI Agent experiences across Hotels.com, Vrbo, and Expedia. Co-led the agent end to end — trip planning, shopping, and support in one journey — debuted by the Chief Product Officer at Explore ’25 and called one of the company’s most polished launches. Directed the Explore ’25 keynote visuals and launch film. Authored the Hotels.com Evolution vision, setting design principles, digital brand expression, and product direction across brands. Led a unified AI visual identity, from legacy characters to a human-centered system, and the guide for how AI shows up across traveler touchpoints. Co-authored the 2025 AI Agent roadmap, ran discovery offsites, and presented the strategy to senior leadership, including the CEO. Mentored designers in weekly critiques and at Traveler Day of Learning.

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