After the neutral tone of last year’s Dulux Colour of the Year Brave Ground, it’s nice to see more of a zing in the 2022 colour, the cheerfully titled Bright Skies. Dulux releases a new colour each year to reflect the mood of the moment. While Brave Ground was fairly sombre and comforting, Bright Skies feels optimistic and airy. Bright Skies is the result of the collaboration of a panel […]
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Diespeker’s materials are used for many different purposes, but this project for a framing company may just be a first. Jamie Hawkins from Hawkins Framing has long had a fascination with terrazzo and floor surfaces – including London Underground concourses and stations. He came across Diespeker when he and his wife were looking for a new kitchen worktop. They visited the factory to browse the different options before choosing a
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Back in 2017, the Diespeker team was responsible for creating a conglomerate countertop for the Members’ Room at the V&A. The countertop featured a significant curve that tested Diespeker’s skills not just in making it, but also in transporting and installing all 15 pieces. Although we saw the countertop during installation, we didn’t get the chance to see the finished room and the final look of the countertop. But with
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Theres Hoyos tells us why she chose Diespeker terrazzo for her new Notting Hill kitchen. Theres’s work has taken her around the globe for the past 10 years, so when she decided to find a permanent base in London it had to be just right. Theres and her husband came across an apartment in Notting Hill in need of refurbishment that perfectly fitted the bill – moving in by the
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We were delighted to see two London restaurants using bespoke celebrated in the recent GQ Magazine Food and Drink Awards. Sri Lankan restaurant Kolamba in Soho won the top award for Best Interior. The Diespeker bespoke team had created the unusual and eye-catching Palladiana cocktail bar in resin terrazzo, plus a cement terrazzo for the table tops and kitchen dining counter. Both terrazzo designs featured unusual teal-blue/green marble in the
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We are delighted to announce that we’ve now published our second magazine, celebrating all things terrazzo and natural stone. We’ve been putting this together during the second and third lockdowns – one way of keeping us out of trouble! It’s been said that print is dead, but here at Diespeker we beg to differ. Over the past year many people have relearned how important it is to take time over
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As big fans of terrazzo, there’s nothing we like better than seeing it used on floors and walls anywhere! Diespeker terrazzo is most commonly available at our standard 20mm in thickness, with 30mm for certain applications. We have now introduced 12mm terrazzo tiles. These are more suitable for cladding walls due to their lighter weight, and also for floors where a low profile is needed. For flooring we would advise
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Another unusual project for the Diespeker team led to a unique way for one client to play vinyl. Andrew Okocha is really into his turntables and was delighted to get hold of an EMT Series turntable, the type once used by the BBC. It had been refurbished in Germany and when it arrived, Andrew realised it was just a skeleton frame, which needed to be suspended in some sort of
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When Rebecca Stant and Monty Renshaw bought their Victorian terrace in Shooters Hill, Plumstead in 2019, they knew they had a renovation project on their hands. Rebecca is a womenswear designer with a degree in fashion and Monty is an artist who also gets involved with interior design for 3Space pop ups. With these backgrounds, they have strong creative ideas. But with the refurbishment being undertaken on a budget, cost effective
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Newly competitive prices for handpicked terrazzo-effect porcelain collection We’ve upped the game for our porcelain tiles by bringing our prices down! Why? Because we love the benefits porcelain offers and we want more people to appreciate this superb choice of decorative tile. Now, more than ever, our collection provides everyone with the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of terrazzo without the price tag that comes with the real thing. In
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