Everybody deserves a chance to know better We believe in education and in re-thinking the way things are done. So much talent is wasted in this world because many people (children and adults alike) do not have the opportunity to get the education they would need to make a difference in this world. Our charity donations are aimed at knowing better and improving the life circumstances for people around the globe through the means of education. We donate 5% of our revenue to charities which have education support as their main aim.
In April, the American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index marked the first negative...
Designer Colin Selig creates comfortable seating out of discarded propane tanks. “It began with...
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Chetham’s School of Music is the largest world class music school in the UK...
“Please feel free to offer products from the other bidders as well.” The total...
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
“The furniture should be compatible with our building grid. Please take our current furniture as your design guideline.” And we are not kidding: this was the entire design brief. Except for the quantities of stuff they wanted. Which were not that different from what they already had, and it was not too old either. And




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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
“In case you enter the competition with a foreign legal entity we require extracts of the birth register of all the executives, legalised, superlegalised and translated in our language by a certified translator before our courts, which...




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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
“Sales calls will not be appreciated unless they will lead to a considerable improvement of your proposal.” A great way to make sure the whole world will call you with some of the best sales stories you’ve...




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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
“We require direct access to both manufacturer and its local partner with a single point of contact.” So the single point of contact has to be employed by both the manufacturer and its local dealer? [twitter-follow screen_name='sourceyour'...




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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
“Please provide us with proof that your HSE-policies are efficient and effective.” Another typical example of somebody in an organisation who understands that Health, Safety & Environment is an important topic that deserves attention. This is positive....




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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
“Please describe your efforts in keeping your tender response safe and secure.” You are probably as dumbfounded as we were when we read this request. What do they mean? Safe and secure as in ‘backed-up in a...




(No Ratings Yet)Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
“In case your proposal will not meet our requirements, it will be subject to dismissal.” Stating the obvious…




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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Quite a different BIDS FROM HELL this week. Because also in the creative industry suppliers have to put up with the whims of their clients. Ireland’s creative community got together to release a lot of pent up...




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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Quite a different BIDS FROM HELL this week. Because also in the creative industry suppliers have to put up with the whims of their clients. Ireland’s creative community got together to release a lot of pent up...




(No Ratings Yet)Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
“While we expect from bidders to put forward their best bid, we do recognise room for negotiation.” Not only is this grammatically sloppy, it just does not make sense. What are they telling the bidders? That they...




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