If I had the ability to go back in time and make a change about my career development, surrounding myself with creative individuals who were willing to take chances and create something for themselves would be right up there at the top.

Just about a month ago, I turned 49 years old. Since I have the maturity of a 20-something, I don’t worry about how old I am, but I do find myself reflecting, on occasion, about lost opportunities that have passed me by. Luckily, I don’t have too many regrets at this point – but when I was in Tel Aviv last year, I met some young designers who joined together with one another in October 2014 (during their final year in school) to create a co-work space that would allow them to maintain a studio environment outside of the school environment, and continue to collaborate with one another on side projects and competitions as they each found work in different offices.Wow … can you imagine!"! They did this while they were still in school! (from L to R:  Savioney Levinsky Co-Founders Ben Sessler, Izzy Michael, Zachi Razel, and Adi Iny)As I was talking with Ben Sessler, one of the original co-founders of the Savioney Levinsky Studio, I couldn’t help but get excited about what these young architects and designers were doing. To allow them to address this in their own words, I recently sent an email off to Ben and asked him if he would be willing to answer some questions for me so that I could share it here.LoaA: ...