A project-led celebration for the Academy’s 25th anniversary.
RUFA turns 25 and celebrates this milestone with a new edition of its Annual Report, transformed for 2023–24 into a true collective performance. Not merely a volume documenting the year’s activities, but a shared design act that places intention, process and the power of collaboration at its core.
Drawing inspiration from the thinking of Vilém Flusser — according to whom “everything depends on intention (design)” — the Annual Report was created through a 48-hour creative marathon: an intensive workshop involving 50 selected students, supported by designers, photographers, visual artists, copywriters and coordinating lecturers. Within a single space, transformed into an open laboratory, teams worked in synergy, producing content, images, data and narratives that shaped the final volume.
The new Annual Report tells the story of RUFA through a structure that resembles a journey.
It opens with ten keywords interpreting the Academy’s identity between past and future, continues with a photographic selection dedicated to undergraduate and postgraduate final projects, and then expands to include the year’s activities: events, workshops, talks and internationalisation projects. The volume also features infographics developed according to the Data Humanism approach, built from interviews and questionnaires conducted with students and lecturers.
The publication is completed by a semi-transparent dust jacket that brings together a patchwork of visual fragments generated by the participants, symbolising the collective nature of the project and the community that animates it.
The Annual Report 2023–24 thus becomes not only a document, but a statement of method: a way of looking at the Academy’s growth through experience, shared research and the creativity that emerges from working together.
The team that brought the project to life:
Editorial project
Cristiana Pagnottelli
Guido Lombardo
Alessandra Giacomelli
Content supervisor
Fabio Mongelli
Design
Davide Luccini
Francesco Incantalupo
Guido Lombardo
Producer
Cristiana Pagnottelli
Illustrations
Francesco Fidani
Portrait Photo & Postproduction
Stefano Compagnucci
Maria Vittoria Pecchioli
Text Editor
Alessandra Giacomelli
Giorgia Susta
Visual Content Editors
Chiara Cesta
Alice Attanasio
Silvia Panaro
Sophie Nardi
Matteo Facello
Barbara Notaro
Michelle Kovanova
Riccardo Veracini
Layout Group
Andrea Boncristiani
Lorenzo Bracaglia
Bianca D’Aquino
Matilde Francia
Simone Massari
Giorgia Natale
Gabriele Nassuato
Gaia Zaffiri
Alessandro Zingone
Infographic group
Flavia Basile
Mattia Capomaci
Giulia Cantini
Giulia Chiriani
Chiara De Siena
Denis D’Andrea
Vittoria Fornari
Sofia Paciotti
Livia Rosati
Chiara Tamburrini
Agnese Troncone
Illustration group
Andrea Camaioni
Victor Ciriani
Chiara Dionisi
Laura Ettori
Antonio Fornari
Margherita Gasparro
Cesare Mezzapelle
Alessandra Pavoni
Alice Rossini
Angelica Sagace
Valentina Xiang
Photography group
Valerio Ardovino
Beatrice Bacci
Flavia Cardone
Francesca D’Eliax
Martina Madeddu
Michele Quondam Pasquale
Valentina Gabriele
Matteo Vicinanza
Photo contributors
Claudia Rolando
Marta Ferro
Luca Carbone
Thanks to
All RUFA departments
Typeface
Milligram by Zetafonts
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The RUFA Annual Report 2023–2024 was made possible thanks to the valuable contribution of Favini Papers Division and Tiburtini srl, who respectively supplied the paper and handled the printing of the publication.
FAQ
The RUFA Annual Report is the annual publication that brings together projects, final works, activities and events, telling the story of the identity and evolution of the Rome University of Fine Arts throughout the academic year.
The 2023–24 edition celebrates RUFA’s 25th anniversary and was created through a 48-hour creative marathon involving students, lecturers, designers, photographers and visual artists in a true collective design performance.
More than 50 selected students took part in the creation of the volume, alongside professionals in visual communication, photography and writing, as well as the lecturers coordinating the various teams.
The RUFA Annual Report 2023–24 is a limited-edition publication. Printed copies are mainly distributed to the RUFA community, partners and the Academy’s stakeholders. The digital version is available for consultation directly on this page.
Previous editions of the RUFA Annual Report are available in the dedicated section of the RUFA website.
View past Annual Reports
The volume represents a tool for self-analysis and a shared narrative of the RUFA community. It documents the quality of education, students’ work, cultural activities and the evolution of the Academy between Rome, Milan and the international context.