Nanne de Ru is the director of The Berlage at TU Delft. He is also co-owner and partner of Power House Company, an architecture and design firm founded in 2005 with fellow Berlage graduate Charles Bessard. De Ru has taught and lectured at schools across Europe, a.o. Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen, the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Oslo School of Architecture and the TU Delft.