Our Faculty of Communication Workshops Under the Roof of MediaLab!

Our workshops within the Faculty of Communication at Kadir Has University have been renewed and named MediaLab.

DesignLab / Design Studio

DesignLab is a Mac computer design studio equipped with creative programs for our department students’ courses. The DesignLab design studio also has an amphitheater area for seminar courses that allows for productive discussions with students and a special work area for the use of department students. Our Visual Communication Design students can benefit from DesignLab 24/7.

Editing Room

Our editing studio has new generation computers for our students to do their projects. These computers allow students to easily process video and audio files. In addition, special software required for editing processes is also loaded. Our editing studio is always available for our students to do their projects outside of classes. The technological tools and software in the editing room allow our students to produce creative projects in their own areas of interest. Projects you can do in our editing studio include short films, music videos, podcasts, animations and other multimedia content. These projects help our students discover their own talents and bring out their creativity.

Podcast Room

Our specially insulated podcast workshop allows students to record high-quality podcasts using state-of-the-art equipment. The podcast workshop also helps students experience a different communication method and create publications that are in line with their interests. The special software in the workshop supports students at every stage, from recording to editing and sharing their publications. In this way, students can easily prepare their own podcasts and reach a wide audience.

PrLab

The department has a PR Workshop, Public Relations Club and Coordinator. As of the 2022-23 term, the PR Workshop has been repositioned as PrLab. The laboratory aims to provide our students with experience in the applied fields of public relations and provides training on many subjects such as copywriting, developing social responsibility ideas, designing communication campaigns, creating content, digital marketing, and website design, and supports their participation in competitions related to the field. PrLab, which has the opportunity for real-time business development with the sector, is present in students’ portfolio creation and brings them together with internship/job opportunities.

Advertising Workshop

Advertising Workshop is a living formation with the participation of all our academic staff, students, graduates and sectoral partners. The main goals of our Advertising Workshop are to inform our students during the competition periods, to explain the brief, to evaluate student ideas, to participate in each competition with the aim of success and to bring our students together with our instructors from the advertising sector to work on real projects.

RTS Studio

Our studio provides our students with a professional environment where they can shoot with the equipment integrated with the developing technology. Our studio has a camera, light, microphone and many other shooting equipment for students to use in their projects. In addition, practical lessons are given in our studio on subjects such as film shooting techniques, lighting information, sound design and greenbox (green screen) usage. In this way, our students have the opportunity to apply the information they receive in theoretical courses.

VCDSpace

VCDSpace is a design studio integrated into the Faculty of Communication MediaLab. Mac computers located in the area provide the necessary hardware and software for creative production. Our students can use VCDSpace as they wish outside of class time and carry out joint department and faculty projects.

VCD Workshop

VCD Workshop is a workshop class specially prepared for Visual Communication Design courses that require high-performance computers. In this workshop class, Mac computers with comprehensive features for processing high-resolution images and rendering for 3D graphics are at the service of our students. Our students can benefit from the workshop 24/7 to work on design projects outside of class hours.

Yeni Medya Lab

The New Media Lab was established to bring together experts, faculty members and students who aim to become new generation communicators in the field of new media. Students use the New Media Lab as an incubator and production center for entrepreneurship and innovation, and organize workshops and hackathons. In addition, our department organizes trainings on digital literacy in collaboration with Facebook and Habitat Association. In the New Media Lab, students can produce content for different digital media with new generation technological equipment such as 360 cameras, Gimbals and GoPros; share and analyze the content they produce by developing the right strategy; and design and develop mobile applications.