Dr Oliver Vodeb is a sociologist looking closely at design and communication. He is an academic at the RMIT School of Design in Melbourne. Oliver is the principal curator of Memefest and Lipstick+Bread and a founding member of Academics for Public Universities and Public Universities Australia. He has published extensively, lectures internationally, and has designed and directed public campaigns and interventions in various parts of the world. His latest books are Food Democracy and Radical Intimacies (Intellect) and also What is Post-Branding? (Set Margins).