Spain-based Sara Regal’s work blurs the lines between design, sustainability, and art. At 3daysofdesign, she introduced a modular collectible seating series made from fragmented and layered waste materials at fashion designer Cecilie Bahnsen’s showroom for the two-day Residue: Soft Remains installation. This series continues her earlier projects, which explore new ways to use materials.
She told Dezeen, “Previously, when I was working with construction waste, I would break it down and create a new material. But this time, I wanted to use the larger scraps I found on the construction site and incorporate them into my project in a more constructivist way.”
Sara used a layered approach to create these uniquely shaped seats. She combined synthetic waste like insulation materials and polyester with natural waste such as wood planks and cork to create asymmetric forms. Each seat’s shape is determined by the specific scraps she found at construction sites around Mallorca. Through this process, she aimed to reveal the hidden beauty within these discarded materials.
The Seating 06 is made from reclaimed materials from construction sites that are used in their original form. The backrest uses untouched polystyrene panels, which fit into a base made from restored polystyrene, wood scraps, and foam cardboard. Concrete, putty, glue, spray foam, and a water-based lacquer give the piece its smooth finish.
All the seats are made from a mix of different materials. Sara described that one of the pieces is also built in layers, just like a cake. The sculptural seats are finished with a sprayed polyester cover, and some have shapes defined by large reclaimed polyester pieces. At first, these pieces look solid and heavy like rocks, but when you get closer, you observe that they are soft, textured, and designed for sitting.
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The project gives new life to leftover materials, turning them into something useful. Each piece is both art and furniture, made by experimenting with scraps. Based on her intuition, she uses salvaged materials to build shapes through layering, pressing, cutting, and reshaping. The process is slow and tactile, which allows the materials themselves to guide the final form.
Sara is continuously looking for creative ways to use waste materials, and she said the seats from the Residue: Soft Remains installation could be added to it in the future. The two-day show was organized by Carmen Riestra of Vasto Gallery, María Baños of Art Studies, and Bahnsen.
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