Material Food Probe: Personalized 3D Printed Flavors for Emotional Communication in Intimate Relationships. : Personalized 3D printed flavors for emotional communication in intimate relationships

Gayler, Tom and Sas, Corina and Kalnikaitė, Vaiva (2020) Material Food Probe: Personalized 3D Printed Flavors for Emotional Communication in Intimate Relationships. : Personalized 3D printed flavors for emotional communication in intimate relationships. In: DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference : Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference . ACM, NLD, 965–978. ISBN 9781450369749

Text (dis20a-sub8480-i8)
dis20a_sub8480_i8.pdf - Accepted Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.
Download (718kB)

Text (Material Food Probes - accepted)
Material_Food_Probes_-_accepted.pdf - Accepted Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.
Download (428kB)

Abstract

Interactions with food are complex, integrating rich multisensory experiences within emotionally meaningful social contexts. Yet, the opportunities for food as material resource for emotional communication have been less explored. We describe a two-month project with 5 couples centered on the co-design of personalized flavors for emotional communication. These were experienced through a three-day preliminary study involving a 3D food printer in participants' homes. We discuss the value of our findings indicating preferences for both remembered and imagined positive flavors and their integration in focal intimacy practices to support emotional coregulation. We also discuss material food probes and their value for exploring and inspiring both design-with, and design-around food.