Shape Of My Heart

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It’s called Heartbreaker for a good reason. The armrests of this new sofa, designed by Johannes Torpe for Moroso, represent the halves of a heart – or a broken heart – that will only be mended when sofas are placed side by side. “Heartbreaker is an almost archetypal ‘big hotel sofa’,” says Patrizia Moroso, “interpreted in an ironic pop key with a play on shape, without losing sight of function and comfort.” And while Heartbreaker was designed with the durability required of the contract market, it is also suitable for residential use, with a wide variety of fabrics and finishes available. Says Torpe, “An old saying goes, the greatest love songs are written by songwriters with broken hearts – that was also the case when I designed the Heartbreaker sofa system. It may seem like a cliché, but it was in the scribbles during sleepless nights that this almost obvious shape took form, helping me to express my emotions through drawing.” Hug. In Singapore, Moroso is available from Xtra. Photo by Alessandro Paderni.