Plus: Run your studio like Pentagram, secrets of the NatWest brand, and how to solve a design brief.
Find out all about the latest colour trends with the brand new edition of Computer Arts, issue 261, which hits the newsstand today.
This month’s lead feature takes an in-depth look at the hottest hues for the coming year. We've partnered with creative consultancy FranklinTill to identify four key colour palettes that promise to be hot as we head into 2017.
We get exclusive access to the Pentagram office, and find out how it's run.
Elsewhere, we visit Pentagram to discover what creative businesses in general can learn from its unique structure, in which all partners are equal and creative side projects are encouraged.
And speaking of side projects, the latest issue of Computer Arts also features a special guide for getting more out of them. We also continue our series of practical articles for young designers, in partnership with D&AD New Blood, with an expert guide to fulfilling a brief.
Also inside Computer Arts 260
Find out how a well-planned personal project can breathe new life into your work.
Roundup: 12 months of design trends
Legendary designer Ben Bos talks about the famous people he's met
How to get hired when you don't know what you're doing
The story behind Monotype's epic typeface Noto for Google
Top illustrator Miss Led on how to get more from digital textures
Behind the scenes of Futurebrand's new logo for NatWest
How Dutch illustrator Merijin Hos regularly evolves his style
Is your studio ready for the new pension laws?
Three designers critique the Kodak rebrand
Top creatives share their biggest regrets
The best new design, illustration and motion work from around the world, and much more
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We go behind the scenes of the NatWest rebrand.
We select the hottest new design, illustration and motion work from the global scene.
Wieden+Kennedy's Richard Turley discusses how to get hired when you don't know what you're doing.
Discover how Dutch illustrator Merjin Hos is evolving his style.
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Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects.
