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Kiwa bench by Hyung Suk Cho
Korean design graduate Hyung Suk Cho has made a wooden bench covered in panels, inspired by roof tiles.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk21.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk21.jpg)
Called (Kiwa), the design is based on the roofs of traditional Korean homes.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk15.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk15.jpg)
The structure is made of birch plywood and covered in black-painted, wooden panels.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk-26.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/09/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk-26.jpg)
Here's some more information from Hyung Suk Cho:
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‘瓦(Kiwa)’ is the design of the Korean series.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk24.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk24.jpg)
This is one of my university graduation project.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk-27.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/09/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk-27.jpg)
This is motivated from a traditional Korean-style house, Han-ok, which has the most beautiful outline made from tiles(Kiwa_attatched image).
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk4.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk4.jpg)
The general shape of this work is designed as the tiles.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk5.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk5.jpg)
Not only the shape, but also it reinterprets the structure as a new language of furniture.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk1.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk1.jpg)
Therefore, ‘瓦(kiwa)’ becomes the bench which has a new sight of the figurative art.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk9.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk9.jpg)
kiwa type 1 is only construction. and kiwa type 2 is the final design.
![kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk7.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/kiwa-bench-by-cho-hyung-suk7.jpg)
瓦(Kiwa)
Material: rugged panel & painting, birch plywood
Size: 2100*450*500(h)