Abduzeedo's Best of Week 19: Systems Built to Hold

Key facts

• Ten picks this week, eight from Abduzeedo's coverage, two from outside.
• DE_FORM designed the Budapest Festival Orchestra's generative identity, recognized on Behance.
• QUENTO is a Didone revival typeface by Kimmy Lee and Petros Afshar with 500+ glyphs and a free demo.
• Lundgren+Lindqvist created Inflection's logomark with two elliptical cuts referencing Janus.
• Alex O'Connor's Muted Char uses material contrast and atmospheric restraint for incense branding.
• Anastasia Sharapova's SKAZKA Music Festival identity is motion-first with kinetic typography.
• Hello Comrade's SPYRE packaging highlights the beverage's transparency as a brand argument.
• Xinmei Liu's 2025 editorial illustrations for The Economist, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Monocle, and Vox use pen-and-ink with digital color overlays.
• LUKTHIS designed Lollapalooza Brazil 2026 reveal video with halftones, collages, and overlays; motion by Ricki Mendes.
• Olssøn Barbieri's Varus 775 won DIELINE Best in Show 2026, first spirits brand since 2019.
• Beta Design Office's Fussy won DIELINE Editor's Choice 2026 with refillable PET containers and aluminum refills.
• Next week preview: code-native identity from a Paris studio using particle systems for algorithmic trading.