SPOTLIGHT CREATIVE C Bespoke terrazzo specialist Diespeker & Co announce the w
Ali Blake, winner
Compilation John Krause, Diespeker MD
Launched in early April, Diespeker’s lockdown competition proved popular with budding designers in the UK and overseas who jumped at the chance to come up with an original terrazzo to be used for a side table. Entries used a variety of imaginative objects, from pencil shavings to shells and abalone.
Diespeker MD, John Krause judged the entries along with Emily Murray from The Pink House who has used the company’s bespoke terrazzo in a renovation project for her Lewisham home.
John said: “We were knocked out by the diversity and creativity of the designs - it was a really tough call to make. We had to weigh up the creative with the practicalities of actually making the terrazzo, and there was one design that stood out to both myself and Emily.”
Emily Murray, The Pink House — 12 —
The winning design was conceived by Ali Blake, an architect from London.
Explaining the inspiration behind it, he said: Throughout lockdown my daily exercise has been cycling around London, often passing the old Diespeker factory in Angel.
“When I saw the competition, I thought how great it was to have a company that still manufactures in London, over a century after it was founded. In coming up with my entry I thought of ways that this history of place could be represented in the entry. On one ride I stopped overlooking the river to the City of London and looked down at the foreshore - seeing the natural record of the city it presents and how it almost resembles a terrazzo mix in its found state. I’m looking forward to mudlarking to find amazing fragments that will work well together.”
The concept struck a real chord with the judges; for guest judge Emily, the narrative was key. She said: “Not only does it look lovely, but the idea of creating a living record from the
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