Couple collaboration
He Li · 2013
In the past few years, technologies designed to mediate intimacy have been growing, especially devices that support intimate acts and connectivity between geographically separated couples. However, romantic intimacy has several components, and the majority of couples are co-located, suggesting a design space to be explored. The current study aims to investigate how local intimate couples collaborate with each other to accomplish collective tasks in their daily life, and how couple collaboration may differ from teamwork within the workplace. The research process and findings will be discussed, and design implications for intimate technology will be provided. These insights could be used to explore novel design opportunities to mediate cognitive intimacy and mutuality within a couple.