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RUFA Rome portfolio printing | Cinema, Illustration, Design
6 km from the Via Benaco 2 campus (Trieste district). Fine art printing for Photography, photobooks for Illustration, multimedia dossiers for Cinema, custom formats for Graphic Design. Hard cover ready in 2 hours.
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Theses/year
2 hours
Hard cover, gold/silver foil
35 min
From campus by transit
40+
Theses/year at your university
2 hours
Hard cover ready
35 min
From campus by transit
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RUFA thesis cover colors
The right color at your defense: not a generic shade but the exact tone — your university's brand or your faculty's tradition — with high-definition gold or silver foil.
Fine art grey
#525252 — The RUFA identity is refined and contemporary, sitting halfway between the classic fine arts school and the commercial academy. Fine art grey with silver lettering is the most requested choice for portfolios and theses, in line with the aesthetic of contemporary galleries and art magazines. That said, RUFA covers 6 areas (Cinema, Comics & Illustration, Design, Photography, Graphic Design, Multimedia) and each area has its own conventions — Cinema often goes for black, Illustration for colour.
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Silver
#9ca3af — Bright silver lettering, or screen printing on grey leatherette for texture.
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RUFA thesis printing: what to know
RUFA — Rome University of Fine Arts — is an independent contemporary fine arts academy, founded in 1998 and officially recognised by the Italian Ministry of University (MUR). Its campus is spread across Rome's Trieste district (Via Benaco, Via Lariana, Via Taro), with classrooms, workshops and exhibition spaces set in early twentieth-century buildings. Six areas of study (Cinema, Comics & Illustration, Design, Photography, Graphic Design, Multimedia & Animation) and a vision that looks to the international contemporary scene.
From GUUG it's 6 km to the historic campus at Via Benaco 2: 22 minutes by car, 35 minutes by public transport (metro B1 to Sant'Agnese/Annibaliano + 15 min on foot, or bus 92 from Termini). We print around 40 RUFA portfolios and theses a year: projects that differ by nature (cinema storyboards, illustration boards, multimedia dossiers) but share the school's refined, contemporary aesthetic.
On this page you'll find GUUG's services tailored to the six RUFA areas, the location of the spread-out campus, and answers to the questions we typically get from RUFA students working on portfolios that sit between art and craft.
RUFA is a spread-out campus in Rome's Trieste district: the historic main building and administration at Via Benaco 2 (00199), Design and Graphic Design at Via Lariana 8, Comics & Illustration at Via Taro 14. The whole campus can be crossed on foot in a few minutes. From GUUG it's 6 km — 22 minutes by car (Lungotevere → Via Pinciana → Trieste) or 35 minutes by public transport (bus 92 from Termini, or metro B1 to Sant'Agnese/Annibaliano + 15 min on foot).
Your university campuses
From GUUG (Via di Porta Castello 29, Prati) you are 6 km away · 35 min by transit, 22 min by car.
Sede storica RUFA — Via Benaco
Via Benaco, 2, 00199 Roma — RUFA's historic main building, an early twentieth-century palazzo in the Trieste district near Piazza Verbano. The heart of academic life, with the directorate, administration and most of the courses.
Campus Trieste — Via Lariana
Via Lariana, 8, 00199 Roma — Home of the Design and Graphic Design courses, part of the spread-out campus in the Trieste district.
Campus Trieste — Via Taro
Via Taro, 14, 00199 Roma — Home of the Comics & Illustration courses, part of the spread-out campus in the Trieste district.
What we do for your thesis
- Fine art grey with silver lettering — the refined RUFA aesthetic for portfolios and theses
- Fine art printing on cotton, baryta and matte papers for Photography and painterly projects
- Photobooks for Comics & Illustration: custom formats, hard cover with direct-to-cover printing
- Multimedia dossiers for Cinema: storyboards, set design, scene breakdowns in custom formats
- Large-format plotter up to B0 for Graphic Design and Multimedia boards
For your design school
Project types
Final portfolio · Illustration photobook · Cinema dossier · Graphic Design boards · Storyboard · Animation reel book
Fields of study
Cinema · Comics & Illustration · Design · Photography · Graphic Design · Multimedia & Animation
Available formats
A4 · A3 · A2 · B0 · 21×21 square · 30×30 square · 21×30 landscape album · 16:9 cinema panoramic
Dedicated GUUG services
Fine art printing on cotton, baryta and matte papers for Photography · Illustration photobooks with direct-to-cover printed hard covers · Hard cover or saddle stitch for Cinema dossiers (set design + storyboard) · Large-format plotter for Graphic Design and Multimedia · Fine art grey hard cover with silver lettering
Free tools for your RUFA thesis
Frequently asked questions
What portfolio colour do RUFA students use?
I study Comics & Illustration — can I print a photobook of my plates?
RUFA Cinema requires set design and storyboard dossiers: how do you lay them out?
How far is GUUG from the RUFA campus?
How much does a final RUFA portfolio cost?
How much does it cost to print a thesis?
Your RUFA thesis, ready in 2 hours.
Order the hard cover online in your university's color, or drop by our shop in Prati. Shipping across Italy in 24-48h.