“Fin qui tutto bene”: the Liberation through the eyes of RUFA students' posters in Milan - RUFA

What remains, in 2025, of the ideals of the Liberation for Generation Z?
RUFA Students explored the meaning of the word “freedom” today through a project born from collaboration between institutions, universities, and local communities, celebrating 80 years since the Liberation of Milan and Italy.

At the end of the project, on April 28 at the RUFA campus in Milan, Piazzale Lugano 19, a public talk will be held.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Milan, RUFA first-year students from the Graphic Design and GD-Comics & Illustration programmes bring to the city a powerful and timely visual reflection on the meaning of “freedom” today.

With the support of Municipality 9 of the City of Milan, the young creatives designed a series of artist posters that will be displayed in public spaces, turning the streets into open-air galleries and sparking an intergenerational dialogue between past, present, and future.
The project stems from a pressing and profound question: what remains, in 2025, of the ideals of the Liberation for Generation Z? Coordinated by Professor Enrico Parisio, the initiative is a tangible example of collaboration between institutions, universities, and the local community—giving a voice to those too often only heard on the surface: young people.

“Freedom, equality, rights, participation: are the founding principles of the Republic still truly achievable? Students reflected – and invite us to reflect – on crucial issues such as public healthcare, the right to education and work, justice, peace, human dignity, and the sustainability of urban life. Because memory is a present and collective act.” – comments Enrico Parisio, RUFA Lecturer in Visual Communication Design.

Milan, a symbolic city of the Resistance and today an international hub of innovation and finance, is viewed through the eyes of younger generations: a dynamic metropolis marked by deep inequalities, growing social exclusion, a housing crisis, and a fragile sense of belonging. What emerges is a visual narrative of discomfort, unease, but also hope, a longing for happiness and freedom. A city that, despite everything, in its complexity and wounded beauty, continues to inspire dreams and visions.

“Fin qui tutto bene” is more than a slogan: it’s an act of awareness, a critical and passionate gaze from those who inherit a glorious past and seek new tools to reinterpret it.

At the end of the project, on April 28 at the RUFA campus in Milan, Piazzale Lugano 19, a public talk will be held: a moment of exchange among students, lecturers, institutional representatives, and citizens to delve into the themes explored and reflect together on what “liberation” means today.

Participants in the project: Michela Abaterusso, Denis Basko, Anna Binelli, Chiara Cochetti Del Vecchio, Federico De Bartolo, Zaira De Gaetano, Giuseppe Fanara, Asja Flaim, Francesca Giani, Antonio Giglio, Michela Giorgetti, Gabriele Gullifa, Alessia Menchini, Francesca Pacciani, Alessandro Pennati, Alessandro Pisoni, Mattia Ranzani, Chiara Valbuzzi, Anna Vitangeli, Alice Visco.