Eric Carl
@ericcarl.merveilles.town.ap.brid.gy
American designer and artist currently developing creative tools for music makers at Ableton. Previously, Art Direction and Graphic Design Instructor at Gnomon […]
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🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://merveilles.town/@ericcarl, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
@lake’s 2026 calendar finally made its way to me in Germany this week (postal service didn’t really make it easy to get). Regardless, it’s a very well illustrated calendar! Getting physical items from independent creators is giving me real mid-2000s internet community vibes. Feels great.
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
@lake’s 2026 calendar finally made its way to me in Germany this week (postal service didn’t really make it easy to get). Regardless, it’s a very well illustrated calendar! Getting physical items from independent creators is giving me real mid-2000s internet community vibes. Feels great.
The demise of Vimeo is quite sad. I remember in their early days, they were a darling among creative types, with a superior user experience compared to YouTube, and real enthusiasm for highlighting independent creators in a community environment. I still have videos hosted with them just for […]
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January 30, 2026 at 10:32 AM
The demise of Vimeo is quite sad. I remember in their early days, they were a darling among creative types, with a superior user experience compared to YouTube, and real enthusiasm for highlighting independent creators in a community environment. I still have videos hosted with them just for […]
On February 12 I will be giving an online talk at THU about my experience designing for Ableton Live: https://www.trojan-unicorn.com/initiative/sound-music/schedule/40785-ableton-live-and-designing-for-authenticity?space=95-sound-music. I will be sharing some insights around the theme of […]
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merveilles.town
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
On February 12 I will be giving an online talk at THU about my experience designing for Ableton Live: https://www.trojan-unicorn.com/initiative/sound-music/schedule/40785-ableton-live-and-designing-for-authenticity?space=95-sound-music. I will be sharing some insights around the theme of […]
Don’t forget to take breaks. 👍
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Don’t forget to take breaks. 👍
“The design of hashi is not design that instructs us, ‘Use me this way.’ Instead, hashi are essentially two sticks that somewhat indifferently suggest, ‘Use me however you want.’” - Taku Satoh, Just Enough Design
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“The design of hashi is not design that instructs us, ‘Use me this way.’ Instead, hashi are essentially two sticks that somewhat indifferently suggest, ‘Use me however you want.’” - Taku Satoh, Just Enough Design
Every few years I’ll bust out White Zombie’s Astro-Creep 2000. It always delivers.
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Every few years I’ll bust out White Zombie’s Astro-Creep 2000. It always delivers.
New (second!) blog post up on the site: https://ericcarl.link/blog/leonard-koren-modernism-vs-wabi-sabi/. Sharing some of my thoughts while reading Leonard Koren’s “wabi-sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers”, particularly related to his comparison of modernism and wabi-sabi. I did […]
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merveilles.town
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
New (second!) blog post up on the site: https://ericcarl.link/blog/leonard-koren-modernism-vs-wabi-sabi/. Sharing some of my thoughts while reading Leonard Koren’s “wabi-sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers”, particularly related to his comparison of modernism and wabi-sabi. I did […]
Too good. @gdc https://typo.social/@gdc/115905577109855748
heikki (@gdc@typo.social)
Attached: 1 image Added animation, timelapse and red color today! https://hlnet.neocities.org/il-verse/
typo.social
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Too good. @gdc https://typo.social/@gdc/115905577109855748
Today I’m dropping off my 10+ year old MacBook Pro to a local shop to have the battery replaced. They had also previously upgraded the hard drive. Other than not supporting a lot of modern software (I keep it on Mojave for 32 bit apps) everything else about it still works great. It feels very […]
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merveilles.town
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Today I’m dropping off my 10+ year old MacBook Pro to a local shop to have the battery replaced. They had also previously upgraded the hard drive. Other than not supporting a lot of modern software (I keep it on Mojave for 32 bit apps) everything else about it still works great. It feels very […]
“Most of the opinion pieces we’ve published in the last year point to art, craft, and the patient development of skill and discernment as the way not only to survive the age of AI but also to provide unassailable human value to work and life.” - […]
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January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
“Most of the opinion pieces we’ve published in the last year point to art, craft, and the patient development of skill and discernment as the way not only to survive the age of AI but also to provide unassailable human value to work and life.” - […]
Very nice design work: https://nebulosapicante.com
Nebulosa Picante
Nebulosa Picante Designerd & illustrator playing the video game on Planet Earth.
nebulosapicante.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Very nice design work: https://nebulosapicante.com
It’s interesting how Dieter Rams was popularized by Apple’s hardware design, and yet Liquid Glass is so contradictory to Rams’ principles. To me this is a reminder that a strong design culture is something that needs to be actively maintained. Just because you get it once doesn’t mean you get it […]
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merveilles.town
January 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
It’s interesting how Dieter Rams was popularized by Apple’s hardware design, and yet Liquid Glass is so contradictory to Rams’ principles. To me this is a reminder that a strong design culture is something that needs to be actively maintained. Just because you get it once doesn’t mean you get it […]
National Film Board of Canada — a good logo.
January 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
National Film Board of Canada — a good logo.
Oh dang — I’ve uploaded the new version of my website which now contains a blog: https://ericcarl.link/blog/. It might not look like much, but it was a fair amount of work with refactoring things and learning @eleventy. Once a project reaches about 90% done I tend to abandon it for a new one, so […]
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merveilles.town
January 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Oh dang — I’ve uploaded the new version of my website which now contains a blog: https://ericcarl.link/blog/. It might not look like much, but it was a fair amount of work with refactoring things and learning @eleventy. Once a project reaches about 90% done I tend to abandon it for a new one, so […]
What are your favorite Goodreads alternatives?
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What are your favorite Goodreads alternatives?
“If you went into a shop looking for a dining plate, it would be the most plate-like plate you could find. Even more plate-like than you could imagine a plate to be. What's good about a more than plate-like plate is that it will do its job without messing up the atmosphere in the way that […]
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merveilles.town
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“If you went into a shop looking for a dining plate, it would be the most plate-like plate you could find. Even more plate-like than you could imagine a plate to be. What's good about a more than plate-like plate is that it will do its job without messing up the atmosphere in the way that […]
As I’ve been off work since the 18th I’ve had a lot of time to focus on building my 11ty blog (which has included rebuilding the whole site with it). There’s still a lot of refinements I’d like to do, but for now it’s far enough along that I can publish it Jan 1st. Not a bad way to start the new […]
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merveilles.town
December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As I’ve been off work since the 18th I’ve had a lot of time to focus on building my 11ty blog (which has included rebuilding the whole site with it). There’s still a lot of refinements I’d like to do, but for now it’s far enough along that I can publish it Jan 1st. Not a bad way to start the new […]
Someone please do me a favor, if you’re motivated — download and play this for me: https://xra.itch.io/uji. As I’m not on Windows or Linux it is not available to me. But the author is responsible for Memory of a Broken Dimension, so I’m very curious about it. 🥲
uji by xra
head for the depths...
xra.itch.io
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Someone please do me a favor, if you’re motivated — download and play this for me: https://xra.itch.io/uji. As I’m not on Windows or Linux it is not available to me. But the author is responsible for Memory of a Broken Dimension, so I’m very curious about it. 🥲
While Firefox says they’re “giving people agency in how it works”, it’s hard to square that with their actions. If it were really the case, and knowing their audience, any AI features could exist purely as extensions. It’s not just opt-in vs opt-out (like turning a feature off), it’s “the code […]
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merveilles.town
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
While Firefox says they’re “giving people agency in how it works”, it’s hard to square that with their actions. If it were really the case, and knowing their audience, any AI features could exist purely as extensions. It’s not just opt-in vs opt-out (like turning a feature off), it’s “the code […]
43 years on this earth today.
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
43 years on this earth today.
This is such a great detail of Autechre’s Amber LP packaging. The barcode is printed on the back, but then continued over the edge and onto the inner gatefold, which would be hidden when shrink-wrapped and closed. For what’s otherwise extremely unembellished […]
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December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is such a great detail of Autechre’s Amber LP packaging. The barcode is printed on the back, but then continued over the edge and onto the inner gatefold, which would be hidden when shrink-wrapped and closed. For what’s otherwise extremely unembellished […]
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Just thinking about how good Ikaruga and Shenmue were on the Dreamcast.
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Just thinking about how good Ikaruga and Shenmue were on the Dreamcast.
My colleague Christian Kleine (who is a skilled musician and very interesting person) has released a new album of quality electronic music (as he does every year) and I recommend it: https://christiankleine.bandcamp.com/album/inside-outside. As a sampling, try track four, “Reunion”.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My colleague Christian Kleine (who is a skilled musician and very interesting person) has released a new album of quality electronic music (as he does every year) and I recommend it: https://christiankleine.bandcamp.com/album/inside-outside. As a sampling, try track four, “Reunion”.
I didn’t really intend it, but it seems like my attempt to build a blog with 11ty is my participation in #DecemberAdventure. It's mostly fun! When it works. Its being hacked together with bits and pieces from different resources, which means I only understand portions of it. Hopefully with a bit […]
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merveilles.town
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I didn’t really intend it, but it seems like my attempt to build a blog with 11ty is my participation in #DecemberAdventure. It's mostly fun! When it works. Its being hacked together with bits and pieces from different resources, which means I only understand portions of it. Hopefully with a bit […]
A few years back I was curious about the similarities and differences between Modernism and wabi-sabi, as they seemed to have some characteristics in common, and others in conflict. Then as I was reading Leonard Koren’s Wabi-Sabi book, lo, he makes an explicit and erudite comparison. It’s too […]
Original post on merveilles.town
merveilles.town
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A few years back I was curious about the similarities and differences between Modernism and wabi-sabi, as they seemed to have some characteristics in common, and others in conflict. Then as I was reading Leonard Koren’s Wabi-Sabi book, lo, he makes an explicit and erudite comparison. It’s too […]