{"id":16,"date":"2010-02-24T18:31:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T05:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:24:57","slug":"freelance-graphic-website-designer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/freelance-graphic-website-designer","title":{"rendered":"About Simon Owen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tDesigner, Simon Owen\t<\/h1>\n\t<h3>Learn more about my journey as a full-time freelance graphic designer.<\/h3>\n\t<h2>Creativity comes easy.<\/h2>\n<p>My digital design studio, Envisage Design Ltd, was established in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>My very first studio was in Brown Street, Ponsonby Auckland NZ. Then, in 1998, I purchased and moved into a suite of offices in the historic Lister Building in central Auckland City.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, I moved to the South Island of NZ. 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