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 award was presented in Ljubljana on June 7, 2025, during a ceremony that saw the participation of an international community of designers, studios, and visual communication professionals from all over Europe. This achievement is the result of a collective process, based on dialogue, listening, and attention to detail. We share it with those who have worked alongside us and with those who continue to believe in the value of conscious design.
From June 5 to 8, the European Design Festival 2025 is curated by the Brumen Foundation, organizer of the Slovenian Design Biennale. The festival offers a rich program of events and provides a unique opportunity for creative exchange and the sharing of ideas and experiences. During these days, the city becomes a hub for exploring the latest trends and innovations in the design world, fostering a stimulating dialogue between professionals and design enthusiasts.
Find out more about the European Design Awards 2025.
The winning project: «RUFA—AR22»
In 2022, the Academy underwent a significant transformation, acquiring a new and large headquarters, expanding its presence in Rome and Milan, and welcoming an increasing number of international students and courses. The Annual Report 2022 was thus conceived as a volume dedicated to self-analysis. Where are we? Who are we? How many of us and in what roles? How far have we come? How do we interpret creativity today? And society? Where are we going?
Photography, illustration, and typography thus became tools of inquiry and exploration.
Find out more on the RUFA—AR22 project
CREDITS
Editorial project
Guido Lombardo
Cristiana Pagnottelli
Content supervisor
Fabio Mongelli
Design
Intorno Design
Guido Lombardo
creative direction
Davide Luccini
graphic design, layout and typesetting
Francesco P. Incantalupo
data visualization
Federico Mauti
dataviz assistant
Alessandro Zingone
graphic design assistant
Davide Paolini
graphic design assistant
Producer
Cristiana Pagnottelli
Illustrations
Francesco Fidani
Giulia D’Andrea
erasmus page illustration
Italo Maria Merluzzi
draft assistant
Olivia Gaone
color assistant
Portrait Photo
Stefano Compagnucci
Maria Vittoria Pecchioli
Postproduction
Christian Rizzo
Text Editor
Alessandra Giacomelli
Contents translator
Claudia Vitali
Visual Content Editors
Lisa Romanato
Beatrice Vio-Genova
Photo contributors
Claudia Rolando
Marta Ferro
Grazie a
Tutti gli uffici RUFA
Typeface
Typeface
Sempione
Tipiblu, 2009-2019
CAST
Printed on
Dolce Vita White
120 g/m2 (pages)
Tokyo light grey 350 g/m2 (cover)
Tokyo black 120 g/m2 (jacket)
Printing
The RUFA Annual Report 2022 has been organized thanks to the precious contributions of Favini papers division and Tiburtini Srl, who have respectively provided the paper and printed the publication.
