Summer is here! With perfect timing, with the sun is coming out as we head into the summer months, Diespeker has taken delivery of our first branded t-shirts. It’s probably no surprise that the t-shirts have been made in one of our most popular terrazzo designs, TE007. Last seen used for our branded masks created for our team members during the pandemic, TE007 lends itself perfectly as a textile design […]
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Diespeker on the small screen! We were contacted by production company Endemol Shine UK in 2021. The company makes the BBC 2 programme Your Home Made Perfect: “Transforming problematic pads into heavenly homes. Cutting edge technology and innovative architects reveal the design dream ordinary houses could become.” The production team was keen to film at Diespeker to find out more about terrazzo, which features in one of the new episodes. They
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Amazingly it’s a year since we ran our ‘terrazzo lockdown competition’, which challenged people to come up with an original terrazzo design. We have been working on some of the winning and runners-up designs, although these have had to be squeezed in between our commercial and residential bespoke terrazzo work. Of course we’ve also had two further lockdowns with their varying restrictions. However, we’re delighted to say that one of
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With tourism in the UK opening up once more, how appropriate to find Diespeker doing a restoration project for a hotel in North Devon! Saunton Sands Hotel was built in the 1930s and is an iconic Art Deco hotel and spa. It sits on top of cliffs overlooking the sea – it’s the perfect place for surfers, walkers and families to stay and explore the local coastline and area. 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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We are always excited to learn more about the early years of Diespeker. Although there isn’t much in the way of documentation, We were recently contacted by Murray Peterson, who brought to our attention archive photos of the Pavilion Theatre in The Canmore National Record of the Historic Environment. Amongst the archive were several photos of mosaic flooring and stairs in the lobby of the theatre. The design is extremely
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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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There’s nothing like encouraging the next generation at a very early stage… Introducing Florence, who at just 6, showed dad Andy Brady the promise in her design skills. Florence was colouring in in the kitchen and Andy asked her to make daddy a picture. She obliged and came up with a design using lots of coloured dots. When Andy asked here what it was, she told him it was terrazzo
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