The Mandarin phrase yí jiàn rú gù came to mind when fashion designer Min Liu described her first encounter with architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu. The idiom evokes the immediate sense of old friendship that manifests when like-minded people meet. But their rapport stems from more than similar design sensibilities, or even a shared home city (in this case, Shanghai). As with the husband-and-wife team behind Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Min runs a creative enterprise with her life and business partner, Ian Hylton. Together, they lead high-end Chinese fashion label Ms MIN, established in 2010, which quickly earned a reputation for its emphasis on fabric selection and “intelligent fit.”
