Spacefinish
WORKING
SPACES Going to work can be a bit of a chore to some people, but not if you’re a lucky enough to work in an office designed by Nigerian company Spacefinish. With features such as stationary bikes as work desk seats, armchairs made out of makoko boats and mudhut-themed meeting rooms, Spacefinish’s ingenious designs for Fortune 500 companies and startups alike make the workplace a beautiful and exciting place to be and can’t help but motivate staff. Company CEO Remi Dada (right) talks to FLYafrica about creating a better world for humans to live and work in. Q. You were given a day a week
designed and most innovative office
goal was simply to provide the best
to work on the idea of Spacefinish
spaces in the world, across Africa,
work environment for my coworkers
while you were an employee of
Europe, Asia, North America, and the
and myself. And the rest is history...
Google. Was this kind of workplace
Middle East.
flexibility to allow workers to pursue
Google allowed me to fuel my
Q. What are the key aims for you
their passions an influence on you
creative outlet by providing me
and your team when designing
when you were creating inspira-
with the opportunity to spend 20
workspaces?
tional workspaces yourself?
per cent of my time working on a
A. At Spacefinish we truly want to
A. Working as a Googler brought
passion project. And I was lucky that
create a better world for humans to
me so much inspiration because I
I got to design and build the Google
live and work in. We have decided to
got to work out of some of the best
office as my 20 per cent project! The
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