SPOTLIGHT CHALLENGE winner and runners up in their lockdown design competition. 1st Place – Ali Blake
Runner Up – Luca Cocconi
River Thames is very romantic. A table that would tell a story of time and place.”
Once lockdown measures ease, Ali will be invited to bring the fragments he collects to Diespeker and to see the process involved in making bespoke terrazzo. The design will then be recreated as closely as possible. Although the prize was a side table using the terrazzo, Ali has his own thoughts on what he would like to do. He said: “I love furniture design and I’m hoping to include the terrazzo as the centre of my kitchen table. I already had a design that needed a centre piece - and this terrazzo piece will make it very special indeed.”
Diespeker’s John Krause was so impressed with all the entries that he decided to pick three runners up, too. He said: “When it comes to bespoke terrazzo, the team has tackled many tricky and intricate specifications with great success. We just couldn’t resist
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the challenge presented by some of the entries.”
Appropriately, John is calling this initiative Challenge Diespeker. The bespoke team will be attempting to recreate the designs sent in by Luca Cocconi, whose eye-catching creative incorporates a brass zip; Robert Ware with a terrazzo including brown glass from beer bottles, inspired, he explains, by the increase in SE1 beer sales from local breweries with more people are drinking at home at the moment; and finally Valentina Brughera who used different buttons and pieces of wood. John is looking forward to taking on this project as he has always wanted to try making terrazzo incorporating wood.
Diespeker is keen to thank everyone who took part with such enthusiasm. John said: “We’re planning on sending a little something out to all those who entered to acknowledge all the hard work that went into the designs.”
www.diespeker.co.uk Runner Up – Valentina Brughera — 13 —
Runner Up – Robert Ware
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