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True Joy finds its perfect terrazzo partner! Dulux colour of the year 2024

Dulux has announced its new Colour of the Year, and this time it’s a really bright yellow. Dulux hopes ‘True Joy’ will inspire people to leap out of their comfort zones. The idea behind the colour is reflecting what Dulux has pinpointed as behavioural trends for 2025: “This year, there’s a growing sense across the world that life must be better elsewhere. In times like these, there’s a desire to […]

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August sees a summer surge!

Despite the summer being something of a damp squib weather-wise, it certainly wasn’t a downer workwise for the Diespeker team. August is traditionally a quieter month for us as many commercial clients take annual leave with their families, and fewer people start renovation or refurbishment projects in their homes. So this August was quite a turn up for the books. In fact, the team completed a record-breaking 250+ projects over

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From Parkrun to pedals

A friendship made at Parkrun on Wimbledon Common led to the design of unusual, eye-catching jerseys bespoke-made for a cycle tour business. Long-time cycling enthusiast Richard Evans went on his first Parkrun in 2008 as a way of helping increase his fitness levels. There, he met our MD John Krause, who, as we know, is also a keen cyclist as well as a dedicated marathon participant. Richard, who lives in

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Step back in time to 1980s marble and terrazzo floor artwork

In 1985, Christopher Tipping was commissioned to create an artwork for the floor of the new Jay Mews Entrance and Reception rotunda of the Royal College of Art Darwin Building, Kensington Gore. The commission came from Su Rogers, Director of the RCA Project Office and tutor in the School of Architecture. Chris had only recently graduated from the RCA Department of Ceramics and Glass, and this was his first public

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Upgrading Diespeker’s manufacturing capacity

Over the past few years we’ve been investing heavily in our business to offer an even better quality and service to commercial and residential clients alike. This includes upgrading our machinery. Perhaps our biggest investment in the factory to date is a state of the art CNC machine, our new Breton Forte. This 3 and 4 axis high output monobloc contouring centre is ideal for drilling, shaping and contouring in a

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Braving the rain for stem4 – Malta Marathon 2024

A compact but enthusiastic fundraising team travelled to Malta for the island’s annual marathon. Raising funds for charity stem4, the runners and walkers braved really tough weather conditions to complete the course which runs from Malta’s old capital Mdina to the waterfront at Sleima. Unlike previous events where the sun has been much in evidence, this year the heavens opened and the wind howled. Huge puddles formed along the route,

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Hard job but someone’s got to do it!

We feel compelled to share MD John Krause’s most recent marathon success, 4,800 miles away from home, south of Cuba, north west of Jamaica – where the temperature is currently a balmy 30°C. John took part in the Walkers Cayman Islands Marathon which is always run on the first Sunday in December every year. We’re delighted to report that John won in his category, the 60 and over male group.

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Belfast City Hall Mosaic Floors – by Diespeker!

We were recently approached by a researcher from Belfast City Hall who was interested in finding out about our connection, as ‘Diespeker Ltd, London’ was listed in the Belfast City Hall Monograph (published 1906) as being the contractors for the mosaic paving. We were pleased to help out with some information, and, as a result, the following article has recently been published in the City Matters magazine which is distributed

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Diespeker’s unique take on the Shard!

If you know Diespeker at all, you’ll know we love experimenting with the wonderful materials we work with. We’re also keen to expand the range, looking for ever more interesting and unusual surfaces to stock. In 2021 we introduced a stunning material created from semi-precious Khel stone, which is a type of agate. These extravagant surfaces are used in luxury projects, seen in ostentatious hotels, flamboyant restaurants and grandiose residences

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Revealing our Heritage Competition top winner

In 2022, to celebrate our 140th anniversary we launched our Heritage Project competition. This was to help us find some so-far undiscovered examples of Diespeker terrazzo around the UK. Diespeker’s early work in marble, mosaic and terrazzo is in evidence across the nation, from churches and cathedrals, entertainment venues, hospitals, station concourses to a multitude of frontages and facades. It is, of course, difficult to be entirely sure that a

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