Helping to prepare young creatives for industry


I am now a contract tutor at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT).

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology has campuses in Nelson and Blenheim, each offering programmes that complement the business and industry demands of the area.

I’m teaching ‘Intoduction to Digital Media Process’ every Tuesday, between 9am-3pm from now until the end of the year. I am also mentoring and preparing select final year design students for the industry.

Industry was very good to me during my final year of design studies at AUT back on the 90s’. As a result I have always had an open-door policy in my studio for design students. I strongly believe that learning creatives derserve every opportunity to learn relevant and industry standard studio techniques.



Simon Owen

Director of Envisage Design NZ, freelance website and graphic designer extraordinaire.

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