In 2021, I collaborated with my graduate students Zhiru Chen, Ting Kang, and Hao Lu on a chapter exploring the future of casual sex during a long-term pandemic. Our piece, “Casual sex during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risks, recommendations and spaces for design intervention,” was published in the Little Book on Global Health: Special Edition on COVID-19. The chapter examines how design can help address the risks and challenges of intimacy during public health crises, while also creating opportunities for safer and more supportive practices.

The concepts and images below were created by Hao Lu.