Annual Report 2018

The design was conceived around this concept: a precious white cover, still waiting to be written on, contains two volumes rich in content. The first, in a pocket-sized format, brings together twenty accounts from some of the key figures of the years between 1998 and 2018, presented as a single collective voice. The second unfolds horizontally and evokes traditional family albums in both its format and visual content, beginning with an artist-designed opening section dedicated to the twentieth anniversary and printed in two colours. The photographs also recall traditional albums through portraits of the “RUFA professional families”, ranging from the schools within the different departments to the Academy’s staff.

The book is printed in five colours (four-colour process plus silver Pantone) and uses six different types of paper. The typography and layout move between elegance and experimentation. Taking risks to generate innovation is one of the Academy’s defining characteristics. The same is true of the Annual Report.