Congratulations to the RUFA students of Visual and Innovation Design Beatrice Rossi and Giulia Mangoni for the creation of Octopus Toolbox, the new editorial project in digital format in collaboration with MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art. The project was conceived by the two students in the context of thesis path, with the support of… Find out more
Design
Announcement
Call for artists “La visione di Leonardo”
RUFA students are invited to participate in the selection for the “La Visione di Leonardo” artistic residency project, the aim of which is to produce a widespread exhibition in augmented reality. Participation is free and there is a fee of 2500 euros for each of the eight selected artists who will join the program and… Find out more
Design
Premio Rometti 2020, RUFA student Ilayda Caylan is the winner
Congratulations to RUFA Design student Ilayda Caylan, who has just won third place in the 2020 Rometti Prize. The project presented is People, developed as part of the Product design course of lecturer Floriana Cannatelli. The international contest was created with the aim of rewarding artists who offer an original contribution to the art of… Find out more
Announcement
Design4Parents deadline extension
The application for the second edition of the Design4Parents contest, dedicated to developing products and services for new parents, has been extended to 31 January 2022. A total of €10,000 is up for grabs for makers, designers, students and innovators. Following the success of the first edition, which saw more than 200 applications, Filo, the… Find out more
Cinema
COMMUNICATION AVAILABLE PLACES – A.Y. 2021/2022
At the end of the enrolment phase, the following places are still available for the first years of the respective courses: BACHELOR OF ARTS MASTER OF ARTS The available places will be reassigned by scrolling through the order of the candidates considered admitted and suitable for their respective courses in previous admission sessions. The registration… Find out more
Design
Libra project at BambooRush Design
The winners and nominees of the fourth edition of “BambooRush”, the international competition dedicated to the design of innovative design objects with bamboo, have been announced in a note published on the official website of the event. The experience, led by “Il Labirinto della Masone” (Franco Maria Ricci Foundation), is sponsored by ADI (Association for… Find out more
Announcement
Second edition of Design4Parents
“Filo”, the leading startup in the production of “IoT” tracking devices with Bluetooth technology, launches the second edition of “Design4Parents” in collaboration with ADI and Maker Faire. Call for applications Design4Parents This is the only Italian call for designers, makers and innovators dedicated to the theme of new parenthood. There is a prize fund of… Find out more
Announcement
“Dear Adoption 2” Contest
ItaliaAdozioni, an association of social promotion, has launched the graphic design competition “Design the cover of the book Dear Adoption 2”, aimed at students of graphics, design, illustration, drawing, art and recent graduates or undergraduates in the same disciplines. The deadline for participation is 30 November. By that date, those interested should send, exclusively by… Find out more
Arte cinematografica
International “Contemporary Generation” Award
Now in its sixth edition, the International Prize ” Contemporary Generation”, promoted by the Luiss Creative Business Center, aims to promote contemporary Italian and foreign art, support artists under 35, and expand the permanent art collection of the Luiss Business School. International Award “Contemporary Generation” . The competition requires that candidate works develop a specific… Find out more
Design
Piazze romane, 13 July at 21 a guided tour through texts and contexts
A walk through history, through the cultural stratification that only Rome can offer, but above all a tour of reflection induced by contemporary art. After the inauguration which took place last June, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts and the Municipio I Roma Centro have scheduled a second guided tour of the sites hosting… Find out more
Announcement
Rometti Prize 2021: the finalists
The finalists for the Rometti 2021 Award, the ninth edition of the international competition promoted by the Umbrian manufacturer, have been selected, and among them is our student Ilayda Caylan with the ‘People’ project, developed as part of the Product Design Course by lecturer Floriana Cannatelli. Despite a difficult academic year, no less than… Find out more
Academy
Piazze romane, Enel is the project’s main sponsor
A convinced and concrete support for art, but above all for those who are called upon, in the coming years, to ensure that Made in Italy can further increase its relevance at global level. The Bel Paese’s propensity for artistic production is now one of the three best known brands in the world. This is… Find out more
Arte cinematografica
National Arts Award extended deadline for application
In order to ensure the widest possible participation of the “next generation” of artists in training, the deadline for participation in the National Arts Award has been extended to 15 June. The contest, launched by the Ministry of University and Research, is aimed at students regularly enrolled in institutions and accredited courses of the Afam… Find out more
Academy
RUFA partner of “Scale7”
FTA – Fashion Technology Accelerator, the fashion-tech startup accelerator based in Milan, has announced the launch of “Scale7”, an incubator for innovative women entrepreneurs in Qatar, with the aim of creating and developing an ecosystem in the creativity industry and in particular in the fields of fashion, design and technology. In this ambitious project RUFA… Find out more
Announcement
Design and the Bachelor of Arts: the contest of the University of San Marino
The Design degree programs at the University of the Republic of San Marino are promoting a competition to select and award projects or theses in the areas of Product Interaction Design, Service Design, Exhibit Design, Web Design, Motion Graphics, Data Visualization. The objective of the competition is to investigate design activity in the areas of… Find out more
Announcement
Rometti Prize, the selection starts
The coveted award, which aims to reward projects and artists who offer an original contribution to the art of ceramics, offers an internship in the factory to realize the idea presented. In addition, of course, to a cash prize. Ceramiche Rometti, based in Umbertide, since 1927 has always availed itself of the fundamental collaboration of… Find out more
Arte cinematografica
“Lydia” in scadenza il prossimo 22 febbraio
The fourth edition of “Lydia”, the call for artists entitled to the memory of the sculptor Lydia Silvestri, organized by the Fondazione Il Lazzaretto, expires on 22nd February. Lydia” is open to artists under 35 years of age residing in Italy with proposals of ideas for an original work of art, without limits to techniques, formats… Find out more
Announcement
TWM Factory launches “Art is you”: the call to create new works by recovering obsolete equipment, old furniture, scraps and waste pieces
The cultural association TWM Factory promotes a contest for the reuse of discarded objects, aimed at artists and designers aged between 16 and 34 years, living in the Lazio region, for the creation of a work of art to be exhibited in the permanent exhibition of Roma Smistamento. The theme of reuse stands in contrast… Find out more
Design
RUFA, thanks to the collaboration with Acea and the Light design course, designs the LED systems of some historical lanterns in Rome.
The course of Light Design, for the academic year 2020/2021, will have as its theme the redevelopment of historical luminaires for urban lighting in Rome and will be held in collaboration with Areti, an Acea Group company that manages the distribution of electricity in the capital. The led technology, in recent years widely used in… Find out more
Academy
The Director of RUFA, architect Fabio Mongelli, is the Italian ambassador of design 2020
“Draw the future. Development, innovation, sustainability, beauty”: this is the theme of the 2020 edition of the Italian Design Day (IDD), the thematic review launched in 2017 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Farnesina in collaboration and with the support of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Compared to… Find out more