Terrazzo

Showing the love for MAIE

MAIE launches its first made-to-order design piece to inspire moments at home. Diespeker would like to give a shout out to Theres Hoyos, the founder of design studio MAIE, who is launching her new range of made-to-order furniture pieces intended to turn space into a muse for inspired living. Diespeker has contributed by making the pieces to Theres’s innovative designs. The MAIE line of furniture addresses the wasteful nature of […]

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Terrazzo ramp segues floor levels at Bouverie Mews

A stunning new build project created within a challenging site features Diespeker terrazzo with an unusual creative intention. Bouverie Mews in Stoke Newington was designed by award winning architect Peter Culley of Spatial Affairs Bureau for artist Rana Begum. A ground-up duplex, the site presented numerous challenges, constrained particularly in terms of sight and light lines by the buildings and architecture surrounding it. This included the Grade II Listed Abney

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Terrazzo countertop gives charity shop an edge

A forward-thinking Community Interest Company (CIC) in Palmers Green has invested in a fabulous Diespeker countertop that certainly adds style to their curated charity shop. Philanthropy London took over the capacious shop (which was previously Boots Opticians) and gave it a total refit. But rather than plump for a standard wooden countertop, they decided to go upmarket with a smart terrazzo option. Director Phil Barnes looked around for a supplier

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Terrazzo splashback gives contemporary pop to artist’s kitchen

Japanese interior designer Minako Bryson of Studio Kaimi was commissioned for a South London apartment refurbishment for a client who wanted to make their new property very much their own home. Diespeker’s part was within the kitchen element of the project. The kitchen refurb took place during lockdown when, as Minako reminds us, it was really difficult to find a builder! The kitchen itself was relatively new, and there was

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We’ve added many unusual items to bespoke terrazzo over the years, but this project for the V&A in South Kensington was one of a kind. Diespeker was asked to crush Wedgwood Jasperware seconds to use in terrazzo for large panel cladding for the refurbishment of restrooms at the grand entrance to the V&A, the leading museum of art, design and performance. Jasperware is a type of unglazed stoneware first introduced

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Terrazzo for Future Dreams

Future Dreams is an inspirational charity supporting anyone touched by breast cancer. It was founded by mother and daughter Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie who were both diagnosed with breast cancer and who died within 18 months of each other, in 2009. Their dream to was to make sure that nobody should ever have to face this illness on their own. They set up Future Dreams to raise funds for

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Chip chip chippings!

We’re well known for our range of natural stone and terrazzo – but did you know we also supply chippings? Chippings can be used for garden paths, driveways, as decoration for areas of the garden, or to add to a bespoke terrazzo mix. And rather than be confined by standard options carried by other stockists, you can choose exactly the material you want crushed into chippings – here at Diespeker.

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Unique Coffee Bean terrazzo table with McCollin Bryan

Tables come in all shapes and sizes but some simply stand out from the crowd. McCollin Bryan’s Coffee Bean table was first launched in 2002 and has continued to be one of their bestselling designs worldwide. These iconic tables up until now have been made of scagliola, a method of casting plaster that is traditionally used decoratively to imitate marble. The mould was one of the most interesting parts of

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How should I maintain my terrazzo countertop?

  If your kitchen has a terrazzo countertop, new or inherited from the previous homeowners, you’ll need to know how to keep it looking at its best. Looked after properly, a countertop like this will give you many years of ‘terrazzo happiness’. But terrazzo can be a volatile surface (according to Diespeker MD John Krause, it can be ‘very moody’). So you need to know that terrazzo, just like marble,

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