RUFA and Intorno Design are proud to announce that the RUFA Annual Report 2022 has won the Gold Award at the European Design Awards 2025, one of the most prestigious international recognitions in the field of visual design. A project that has bravely and innovatively told the growth and transformation of the Academy. The… Find out more
Registrations are open for all Visual and Innovation Design RUFA students A unique opportunity for students of the Visual and Innovation Design master’s programme: registrations are officially open to participate in the experience of Tracks of Freedom 2025, which this year is titled “micro-Macro”. This initiative, organized annually by RUFA, represents an unmissable moment of… Find out more
Professor Emanuele Cappelli, founder of Cappelli Identity Design and RUFA coordinator of the Visual and Innovation Design department, has won three awards at the German Design Awards 2025 and the World Brand Design Society Awards 24/25, establishing his agency among the top international brand design firms. Three accolades that highlight the approach based on… Find out more
Sorry, this entry is only available in IT and ES. Cappelli Identity Design, lo studio di progettazione attivo nei settori del design, comunicazione e strategie digitali fondato da Emanuele Cappelli, Art Director e docente RUFA di Visual and Innovation Design, si aggiudica tre premi internazionali assegnati dalla World Brand Design Society, dedicati a brand design… Find out more
Applications to participate in the 2024 edition of Tracks of Freedom – Unconscious creativity have been officially opened. In May, a group of RUFA students and graduates of the two-year MA in Visual and Innovation design will have the opportunity to spend an intensive 9-day period in New York City, seeking new design and artistic… Find out more
Special project between RUFA and Fabio Mazzeo Architects kicks off: the three RUFA students who won scholarships offered by FMA will develop a visual identity and website for a new cultural initiative of our partner in the coming months. Fabio Mazzeo Architects offered 3 scholarships to students of the two-year Visual and Innovation Design… Find out more
The second edition of Swawe, the Students Workshop Activities WEekend, kicks off. On 22 and 23 July 2022, the format conceived and organised by the Lazio AIAP student group will animate Anguillara Sabazia, with an event aimed at recreating a co-created and shared sociality around the graphic project and its context. To meet again, the… Find out more
Lorenzo Raffi, RUFA lecturer in digital animation techniques and vfx, is one of the creators of the Virtual Reality Bus, the first of its kind in the world: an electric bus that travels through time through the streets of Rome. With 16 seats on board and large magic windows that transform imperial ruins into… Find out more
From 16 to 18 June 2022 Sónar+D returns to Barcelona, one of the most anticipated events in Europe for music and innovation enthusiasts. Sónar+D is an international congress that explores the ways in which creativity is changing our present and creating new futures, in collaboration with researchers, innovators and business leaders. Since 2013, this interdisciplinary… Find out more
The new workshop: “What’s next? Human-Centered Design for Future Scenarios” will start on March 7th, held by professor Massimiliano Dibitonto – UX designer, expert in HCI, Internet of Things and Digital Fabrication, Product and Services Manager at the prestigious Italian company Olivetti. A workshop that was born thanks to the consolidated partnership between RUFA… Find out more
The call has been extended until 20 May 2022 at 17:00. RUFA students are encouraged to participate in the “Zagathon 4 Next – Design to make the change” project, the result of a collaboration between Lazio Innova and Digital Magics as part of the promotion, support and development of entrepreneurship. Zagathon 4 Next – Design… Find out more
The deadline for submitting applications has been extended to February 25th! The annual selection of the best Italian design. Only products selected by ADI Design Index can participate in the Compasso D’Oro design competition. RUFA students are encouraged to participate in the ADI Design Index 2022 call. Each year ADI Association for Industrial Design identifies… Find out more
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
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
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
The “Antonio Gramsci” Foundation, as part of “HOME – House of Memory & Engagement”, an integrated didactic project developed as part of the Creative Hub, has decided to confirm the creative competition aimed at students of the Fine Arts Academies to creatively interpret Antonio Gramsci’s thought. HOME contest The fourth edition of the contest is… Find out more
Expo 2020 Dubai, open Call “Sustainable Fashion Talent” for the design of a gamification proposal for fashion. Deadline October 28, 2021. As part of the activities put in place for the Rome Videogame Lab edition 2021 and Expo 2020 Dubai, the Lazio Region is promoting the “Sustainable Fashion Talent” program, a collaboration and co-design initiative… Find out more
The presentation of the book “Understanding Experience” written by Stefano Dominici and Laura Angelucci will take place on 20 October at 6.45 pm at RUFA Pastificio Cerere in Via degli Ausoni 7 in Rome. Stefano Dominici is a human centered design strategist, RUFA lecturer, trainer, founder of UtLab and UXUniversity, training start-up in the field… Find out more
Designed by the artists Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico, the project invites people to experience a novel mode of interaction between individuals and data:a practice of meditation mediated by the technology, through which participants learn to generate data autobiographically to access a new experience of themselves and others. DataMeditation. A mediation for the environment It… Find out more
Now in its sixth edition, the International Prize “Generazione Contemporanea”, 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. The competition requires that candidate works develop a specific concept, which will also be the… Find out more