The fourth edition of the ARF! Festival, the Comics Festival of Rome, has just ended. 8000sqm of exhibition, hosted at the Slaughterhouse, ex MACRO Testaccio, on comics and not only… Many opportunities during the festival to get in touch with cartoonists, publishers and professionals. RUFA has always been careful to combine training with experience in… Find out more
It would be reductive to define Lorenzo Ceccotti, a cartoonist, LRNZ has a training ranging from product design to graphic design to illustration and this was the great strength of last Saturday’s Masterclass realized in collaboration with ARF! here in RUFA. LRNZ transferred to the students a varied and contaminated knowledge and skills, emphasized how… Find out more
Back DIVERSE VISIONI, the exhibition curated by professor Mario Rullo, now in its 17th appointment. Making communication means to pour messages into the mind of the audience, this requires those who work in communication to feel the responsibility of cultural operators. The mental environment, in fact, like the physical one, is subject to pollution due… Find out more
On Thursday, April 12th at the Mercato Centrale Roma, the winners of the Terminididentità contest were awarded: we illustrate the Termini station. More than 150 artists, young and already established, participated in the competition launched on January 24th by the creators of RomaID, the project that designs the new visual identity of Rome involving the… Find out more
Not a simple calendar, but a wide-ranging artistic project that turns its attention to the concept of social inclusion. Thanks to a collaboration agreement between the Macerata section of Anffas (National Association of families of people with intellectual and/or relational disabilities) and the Rome University of Fine Arts, first year graphic design students will be… Find out more
It’s quick to say “comic book” and maybe even more to say “comic book”, but what does it really mean to live on comics? In three hours Giacomo Bevilacqua has unravelled the world of comics from idea to writing to drawing, to the relationship with publishers and the public. He spoke very concretely about how… Find out more
Yesterday we took a trip into the world of paper and its packaging applications thanks to the experience of Silvia Nicolais from Arjowiggins Creative Papers and Barbara Rocchi from Tiburtini Carattere Tipografico.
Irma Boom, one of the most authoritative graphic designers in the world, who has profoundly renewed the art of conceiving and produce books and publishing graphics, will meet Aiap members, professionals and students of visual communication design. For the occasion, he will present a sample of his most recent publishing production. A great opportunity for… Find out more
Apollo 30 is a temporary section of Italianism, developed in collaboration with RUFA. The thirty students enrolled in the lessons of “Visual and Media Culture” held by Renato Fontana (2nd level academic course) scour the web over the week to understand and experiment as “see better” in the vast universe of images and themes available… Find out more
Today starts the contest for artists, designers, illustrators and students supported by RomaID, Mercato Centrale Roma and Rufa. TERMINIDIDENTITÀ: LA STAZIONE TERMINI ILLUSTRATA COME UN’OPERA D’ARTE For 155 years, Termini Station has been welcoming the citizens of the world to the Eternal City. Millions of people, each with its own history, identity, dreams, the desire… Find out more
After the RedDot Award”best of the best” and the AIAP Award, the 2016 Annual Report wins the prestigious “German Design Award” – Excellent Communications design category. The prize was won by RUFA who commissioned it, and by Intorno Design who created it; the jury judged the book “A splendid and absolutely modern compendium with a… Find out more
On Thursday 7th at RUFA Space, the exhibition of the Corporate Type Design works inaugurated during the Advanced Training Course, curated by Antonio Pace. Here we tell you how it went.
What is, or rather, how does a fanzine work? The exhibition Mundo fanzinero – Do It Yourself, promoted by IILA Istituto Italo-Latino Americano in collaboration with Rufa, wants to answer this question. What is proposed is an overview of South American fanzines that Aro Varse has found in different countries and collected over the years…. Find out more
2016 RUFA Annual Report has won the Red dot Award, one of the most important awards in the world for design. On Saturday, October 27, Guido Lombardo, Professor RUFA of the Graphic Design Course, and Giampiero Donno, representing the team, received the prestigious Red dot: Best of the Best in Berlin. The Annual Report, a… Find out more
The Rufa annual report 2016, won the Aiap 2017 award. This valuable award is a recognition of the excellent value of the synergy between designer, client and manufacturer. The award was received by the Central Institute for Graphic Design, RUFA Director Fabio Mongelli, the creator of the Annual Report, RUFA graphic designer and lecturer Guido… Find out more
The RUFA Annual Report 2016 wins the Aiap Progetto Committenza 2017 Award. It is a news that fills the Academy with satisfaction, because it is a very prestigious award coming from one of the reference associations at national level for the whole graphic and visual communication sector. The award ceremony took place on Wednesday evening… Find out more
Last Friday at RUFA Space opened the exhibition “3653 days under the surface”, promoted by RUFA professors Mario Rullo and Mario Fois, which traces the contents of Vertigo Design’s calendars from ten years to today. The event was attended by the general states of aiap and ADI and was an opportunity to name a new… Find out more
From September 22 to October 1 the new edition of “Aiap Design Per” will take place in Rome, during the Internaional Graphic design week. This is an important event, curated by the president Aiap Cinzia Ferrara, the vice-president Carla Palladino and our teacher Paolo Buonaiuto, which turns the spotlight on new trends in communication. Nine… Find out more
Until September 30 there is time to participate in the Logo Design ContestGARDENStoGROW, the contest dedicated to artists, graphic designers, professionals or enthusiasts in the field to create the logo identification of all communication, paper and computer science, of the project GARDENStoGROW.. It is a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union… Find out more
Under the surface of time there are entire worlds of signs, meanings, signals. This is the message contained in the exhibition “3653 days under the surface”, which you can visit from September 22 to October 6 at RUFA Space at Pastificio Cerere (via degli Ausoni 7). The exhibition, promoted by RUFA teachers Mario Rullo and… Find out more