Designer Relationships

Designer Relationships (2015) explores the concept of flexible, customized partnerships that evolve beyond traditional monogamy, allowing individuals to craft relationships based on their unique needs and desires. It argues that this approach empowers people to create diverse, mutually agreed-upon relationship structures, ranging from emotional bonds without sexual involvement to various forms of nonmonogamy and kink exploration. 

• Monogamous couples curious about opening their relationship
• Polyamorous people looking for authentic advice on nurturing their relationships
• Anyone interested in sex-positive alternatives to conventional relationship models

Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson are internationally recognized relationship experts and award-winning authors of several books on sexuality, tantra, and alternative relationship styles. In addition to their literary contributions, they co-founded Pleasure Salon in New York City to support the sex-positive community, and have spent over two decades studying and promoting flexible approaches to relationships, including polyamory.