News in brief round-up

Design By House has developed a brand identity and website for The Canal Etchings project, which will see etcher Jason Hicklin create six site specific stainless steel etched sculptures along the Ellesmere canal in Shropshire.

Brook Calverley, former partner at Engage Group, has joined Calling Brands as senior consultant at its London office.

Nokia has appointed Marko Ahtisaari as executive vice president, design. Ahtisaari was formerly co-founder and chief executive of Dopplr.

Fiasco Design has created a new visual identity for Content Hub, a Bristol -based provider of content management and publishing platforms.

Heng Khoo has been appointed as the new managing director of the Association of Illustrators. He was preciously interim museum director fo the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.

M Worldwide has been appointed to develop retail strategy, customer experience, store environments and some packaging designs for Icelandic convenience store chain 10-11.

Charity Rethink Mental Illness has appointed Public Zone as its digital consultancy. Public Zone, which saw off Precedent in a head-to-head pitch, will work on projects including research and information architecture for the chartity’s new website.

Drumbeat has created a new website for the Midpoint 18 development in Cheshire, for developer Pochin Developments.

Fit Creative has created a new website for the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. The consultancy has introduced a dynamic landing page and new navigation.