Zender, lead designer and brand consultant of Heytea, specializes in creative interior design for commercial spaces for young people. After graduation, he worked for seven years at the University of Southern China as a teacher. He spent a great deal of time traveling the world during his vacations, and contributed to National Geographic and Lonely Planet as both a writer and photographer. Later, he was awarded a scholarship from Robert Bosch Stiftung to study at Hamburg University. In 2016, Zender founded his own design studio.
