About
Hot Diggity is a freelance design consultancy run by John Cornish, a Brisbane-based designer/web developer backed by a small team of bright sparks with talents in related disciplines.
Hot Diggity exceeds at delivering innovative online and print design solutions. Building long term, collaborative relationships is essential to the creative process, whether clients are based locally, nationally or overseas.
Specialising in:
- Print graphics
- Web design & development
- Visual identity and branding
- Editorial and eBook design
- Illustration
Philosophy
Our philosophy to our work is simple. Design is simply communication given form – the soul of the message brought to life.
Approach
Hot Diggity creates clean, appropriate design experiences; displaying a love of fine typography, good aesthetics and clear communication. This approach goes far beyond the cosmetic; it draws on years of experience in print publishing and digital design to genuinely understand the end-user's needs and wants to create a market-appropriate solution.
Inspiration
Style, form, chance, humour, music, technology, conversation, type, truth, ingenuity and Kiwi beer.
John Cornish | Design Consultant - Web and print
John is a multi-skilled creative director with more than 20 years combined experience in graphic design and digital media. He has a strong background in traditional print-based publishing, having worked in senior design positions for major Australian magazine publishers on numerous leading consumer titles and launches. While working in Melbourne in the late 1990s, John cut his teeth in web design during the height of the Internet 'bubble' on sites for clients such as Monash University and The Age. He continues to specialise in providing innovative design and skilful solutions for publishing in a variety of applications; editorial and eBook design, illustration, web development and interactive design.
John has a Bachelor of Design (BD) degree in Visual Communication from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

