We are the “most transparent”

It turns out that small entrepreneurs are the richest

The software of the unified state register has been updated

… And printed furniture has become comfortable

The Norwegians are building a furniture factory-park

Everything that happened last week in Ukraine and the world and that is relevant for the furniture maker, read in our digest:

1. In the international ranking of public procurement transparency, conducted by the Institute for Development and Freedom of Information together with other organizations, Ukraine took first place, gaining 97.05 points out of 100.

This rating assesses public procurement legislation and the transparency of processes at each stage of the tender. Initially, it covered only the Eurasian region, but now it includes 39 countries from around the world. Public procurement is assessed by 64 indicators and at different stages of procurement.

It is noted that until recently in this ranking Ukraine took second place (86.26 points), behind Moldova.

2. The country’s chief tax officer, Oleksiy Lyubchenko, said in an interview that the country has a lot of money, especially for small businesses and small farmers, from whom tens of billions of hryvnias of new taxes can be withdrawn. Economist Oleksiy Kushch writes about this in his column on the Censor page.

“Shifting the focus of taxation from labour to capital and assets (wealth) is not even a fashion trend, but an instinct for the survival of national economies. Then why in Ukraine continue to act exactly the opposite? ” – the economist asks.

3. The updated software of the unified state register of legal entities, natural persons-entrepreneurs and public organizations was put into commercial operation on August 11. 

The registry includes a number of new options:

removed the need to install a separate application on a personal computer. The registry can now be used in a web browser;

free search for information according to the legal entity;

making changes to the information about the legal entity in one stage;

a separate block for entering information about the final beneficiaries-owners;

document templates for printing;

PDF format for scanning documents;

liquidation of FOP in one stage;

introduction and removal of prohibitions on carrying out registration actions.

4. Furniture overprinted with the use of 3D printers has a significant disadvantage: they often lack comfort in their design beauty and sophistication. Dutch designer Lillian van Dahl decided to find a way to make them more comfortable. She has studied the production of a wide variety of furniture for a long time to find out which chairs and sofas people find particularly comfortable and which technologies and materials are best avoided. And finally, she managed to develop a sophisticated and simple way to make printed furniture with good comfort.

At the heart of the designer’s invention is a special cell-mesh structure of furniture. The multi-layered structure of such furniture makes it surprisingly strong, but at the same time very soft and comfortable. The chair literally takes the shape of the body of the person who sat on it.

Lillian drew inspiration from wildlife when creating her furniture. She was inspired by some marine inhabitants with their spongy structure, which directly affected her work.

5. Bjarke Ingels Group and Norwegian furniture manufacturer Vestre presented The Plus, a new project to create the world’s most unusual furniture factory for the environmentally friendly production of urban and social furniture.

This is the largest furniture project in Norway in many decades. The 6.5-square-meter factory will also be a public park (121 hectares) for hiking and camping. According to the architects, this will be the first industrial building in the north of the country to receive the BREAM Outstanding certificate for the highest achievement in “green” construction.

“The Plus” will operate on the basis of the revolutionary for furniture concept of industrial production Industry 4.0   with the use of intelligent robots, unmanned trucks and tablets to control the entire factory. Each machine will be painted in one of 200 colours, as well as different coloured stripes on the floor will lead to the centre of the complex, where its management offices will be located. This colour cartography will create visual cues and explain the workflow at the factory to tourists who also have a calculation.