Lyndon Neri, holder of Architecture degrees from Harvard and the University of California at Berkeley, is a founding partner of Neri & Hu Design; a multidisciplinary international architectural practice. He also founded Design Republic, a Shanghai retail concept store that offers unique products made by the world's best designers, many of them for the first time to Chinese consumers. Prior to starting his own practice with partner Rossana Hu, he was Director for Projects in Asia, and an Associate, for Michael Graves & Associates. In 2006, I.D. Magazine identified Mr. Neri as one of 40 international designers to watch. A gifted architect; he also teaches at Hong Kong University Architecture Graduate School and has served as a visiting critic at renowned universities like Princeton, Harvard and Syracuse. Aside from Architecture and interiors, Mr. Neri is working with Ms. Hu on a number of industrial design products for various brands in Europe.