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„I had never seen anything like form.bar before“
As a photographer and fashion blogger, Kayode "Kayo" Olajide is a big fan of interior design, beautiful design and extravagant aesthetics. With almost 200,000 followers on Instagram, he is one of the stars of the scene, regularly collaborating with top brands like Armani and Porsche as well as international luxury hotels. For his new loft in southwestern Germany, he treated himself to some fine form.bar furniture. In the interview, Kayo tells us how it all came about, what he thinks about success and freedom, and about Nutella with butter.
„My father started as a dishwasher“
Dear Kayo, we strongly believe that life is malleable - how did you manage to make it successful according
to your wishes?
That's right, life is up and down and we can take our own destiny into our own hands.
I try to always look at things positively and see opportunities rather than problems. This attitude has helped
me a lot in life.
What helped you in particular? Which characteristic?
I would say perseverance and a positive outlook on life
Who do you think of when you think of successful people?
To my father. He came to Europe from Nigeria to study, without any money in his pocket, but with all the more
ambition and tenacity.
It wasn't always easy in Germany because of the color of his skin.
He started here as a dishwasher and became very successful professionally through hard work and diligence and
always took good care of his family.
How do you make important decisions?
I listen to my gut feeling. When I have made decisions that I had a bad gut feeling about before, it was usually
all for nothing.
Most of the time, our gut feeling shows us the right way. If I can, I take the time to sleep on it before I make
an important decision.
I also try not to let others influence me too much and rely more on my own feelings or intuition.
„Only those who love themselves can love others!“
Do you have a life motto or is there a quote that has accompanied you for a long time?
From the US artist RuPaul comes the great true sentence: „If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you
going to love someone else?“
What was the best advice you ever got?
The best advice was to never let others talk you out of ideas or dreams.
There are always people who say „it won't work“ and look at everything very negatively.
You shouldn't let that influence you. With the right mindset, we can achieve a lot.
And the worst advice?
Mhh…probably eating Nutella WITH butter instead of without, who does that? (laughs)
„A good tax advisor is worth his weight in gold...“
What does freedom mean to you?
Traveling means freedom for me. Getting to know new countries and cultures.
Forgetting the pressure and stress of everyday life and having new exciting experiences that you remember for
the rest of your life.
That is freedom for me.
What inspires you?
It depends, it can be many things. Sometimes I get ideas or inspiration walking down the street or listening to
music.
Of course there are always people who inspire me strongly.
„I like it when something is not the norm“
What advice would you give your younger self?
Don't get too crazy about things you can't change. In retrospect, many things are not even worth talking about
anymore :)
AND find a tax advisor early. The tax office always has breakfast with you... (laughs).
How did you discover form.bar?
Via Instagram, a blogger friend sent me a picture of an asymmetrical shelf, which made me directly curious.
Why did you choose form.bar?
I like it when something doesn't conform to the norm and find the designs mega-exciting. I had never seen
anything like form.bar before.
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That's what our customers say
Thanks to form.bar, we now have real eye-catchers in our living room!
The advice and implementation were top-notch—our contact person in particular deserves a medal for patience and friendliness. I took the wrong measurements, changed my plans several times, and probably drove him crazy... yet he remained friendly and creative and helped us create shelves that are more beautiful than anything we could have imagined. Highly recommended—even for chaotic perfectionists!
Learn morePerfect execution!
As with my first order for our wall unit, a bookshelf, and a room divider, the second order for another shelf was also perfectly executed—exactly as I had imagined it!
Learn moreGreat company carpentry Kuhn
As always, everything was perfect. We're already looking forward to our next project with formbar. :-)
Learn moreWonderful shelf
Super unusual, beautiful shelf, great quality, excellent service, everything is great. 100% recommendation.
Learn moreEverything's fine!
Great, custom-made furniture. Perfectly tailored to my space. I think the delivery time of 6 weeks is reasonable, since it was built especially for me. Everything is great!
Learn moreOwn shelf
It was fun to design the shelf on the computer. Communication with form.bar and later with the carpenter went smoothly. The assembly also went without a hitch.
Learn moreSimply great
Very, very nice furniture. Delivered without annoying packaging and still arrived undamaged. For that alone, it would get 10 stars.
Learn moreEverything worked out very well
The system and the business idea behind it are simply fantastic. The carpentry firm Langenkämper did an excellent job. Highly recommended.
Learn moreIt doesn't get any better than this
Very friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff, brilliant concept, and excellent website. Very quick responses in communication.
Learn moreGood work — a shelf just as I wanted it.
Good work, the shelf is exactly as planned. The customer service is very helpful and customer-oriented. Assembling it myself went quite well, good illustrations.
Learn moreGreat one-of-a-kind piece
Our shelf has turned out to be a truly wonderful, unique piece. Questions prior to approval were answered promptly, and the delivery date was agreed upon in a timely manner. The team from the Bücherl carpentry workshop was punctual, hard-working, and very friendly. The Bücherls completed the installation smoothly. Standard products are certainly available at a lower price, but you won't find such wonderful, custom-made eye-catchers. Excellent.
Learn moreExcellent customer service!
The promised callback was right on time! Then we had a very competent and friendly consultation, including online adjustments to our design proposal for a kitchen table! We are already fans!
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