RUFA @ MAG TO MAG 2025

Following the success of the previous edition, RUFA confirms its participation as a partner of MAG TO MAG 2025, the international festival dedicated to independent magazines, scheduled for 13 and 14 September 2025 at BASE Milano (Via Bergognone 34). Created from the experience of Frab’s Magazines and supported by the Municipality of Milan and the Lombardy Region, in just a few years the festival has become a European reference point for independent publishing enthusiasts, connecting magazine creators, authors and publishers from all over the world. The 2025 edition will host 85 selected publishers – 30 more than in 2024 – with publications ranging from graphic design to literature, design to photography, cinema to fashion, arriving from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Spain and Italy.

This year too, RUFA will be present with its own stand, transforming it into a space for exchange and discovery.
Here, visitors will be able to explore the most significant thesis projects created by RUFA students from Rome and Milan, together with a selection of works developed during the academic year, including the magazine «Mezzo» – the result of research and creativity from the Graphic Design programme – and «BOZZA», developed within the Comics and Illustration programme. The exhibition will also be enriched by the latest edition of the RUFA Annual Report (2022), offering an in-depth overview of the Academy’s activities and initiatives.

RUFA’s participation in MAG TO MAG will not be limited to the exhibition alone: students from the Graphic Design, Comics and Illustration and Visual and Innovation Design programmes will be actively involved throughout the event, working side by side with international professionals and publishers under the guidance of lecturers Stefano Cipolla, Emanuele Cappelli and Claudio Spuri, and with the contribution of Elisa Abbadessa and Davide Luccini. Thanks to the partnership with the event, students will also have the unique opportunity to take part free of charge in a series of themed workshops dedicated to the world of independent magazines, gaining practical tools and new perspectives on the sector.

The theme chosen for the 2025 edition is “In-Between”, a reflection on the role of printed magazines as spaces for connection and experimentation in an era of social and cultural transformation. MAG TO MAG thus confirms itself as an unmissable event for anyone wishing to explore the vitality of independent publishing and discover how print can continue to innovate languages, content and design.