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Memefest operates between academia, professional practice and marginal social positions. Imagine we are a global network of non sell-out academics, curious students, adventurous professionals, passionate activists, gifted amateurs and close friends. //Radical design +extradisciplinary praxis. Social and environmental justice +decolonisation of knowledge and the public sphere. *Since 2002

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Listen to Memefest's RADICAL DESIGN Podcast

Memefest Radical Design is a new special monthly podcast re-thinking the radical potentials of design.

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Memefest Saigon

We discovered the relational City and looked at the construction of space through food in beautiful Saigon. Also, it was a celebration of 20 years of Memefest!

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New Book: Radical Intimacies

Our new and fresh book!! An investigation into the key aspects of capitalist domination and resistance to it through design; its five sections explore dialogue, power, land, interventions, and radical praxis. Check it out!

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Design (Research) as Radical Social Practice
Memefest

09.10.2026

Design (Research) as Radical Social Practice

This lecture by Oliver Vodeb is taken from Counter-Framing Design seminar held at Loughborough University London. It presents Design (Research) as Radical Social Practice, which is also published in the book Radical Intimacies, Designing Non-Extractive Relationalities. This particular talk speaks about some of the key concepts behind our work at Memefest and positions design as research and radic…

Memefest Radical Design Podcast is continuing, and we are inviting you to collaborate with us
Memefest

16.08.2025

Memefest Radical Design Podcast is continuing, and we are inviting you to collaborate with us

Dear all,
We started the Memefest Podcast series as a way to further engage with our much-loved book Radical intimacies. The Podcast format offers us an opportunity to present our thinking and ideas to a wider and more diverse audience. Engaging in deep conversations gives us sometimes also an opportunity to develop our ideas even further.

After a few episodes we felt that there is a lot of…

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Love: Conflict: Imagination

This is a special book. A lovingly designed publication in between a zine and a small book presents the best works from our 2010 Memefest festival. Love: Conflict: Imagination was the theme, the provocation framed around two Flaming Lips songs: the Yeah Yeah Yeah song and I Can Be a Frog. The contributions to this publication are particularly inspired, uplifting and colorful.

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