Bahcesehir University Communication Faculty Tablet Magazine
DIGITAL PUBLISHING
It is traditional printed press
meets with audio, video and
interactivity.
It works simply by touching,
watching and feeling.
In compare to traditional
media that has only images
with text, moving images and
audio can tell us more than
thousands of words can do.
DIGITAL PUBLISHING in
TURKEY
2000+ Digital Magazine
Publications (1067 Digital
Publishing Suite)
Over 25 Million Digital Issues
Delivered to Date (DPS)
120,000 Downloads Every Day
(DPS)
Digital Publication has became
ever growing mass media with
the latest products of technology
companies and Adobe’s
revolutionary software “Digital
Publishing Suite”.
DIGITAL PUBLISHING in
TURKEY
First example of digital publishing in Turkey is “Dipnot
Tablet”.
There are over 30 digital publications in Turkey’s market
today.
16 Publications were made in Digital Publishing Suite.
Bumag is the first university tablet magazine in Turkey’s
market and one of the first example in the worlds
market.
Turkish government started to give a tablet device to
every elementary school student.
CHALLENGES WHEN
CREATING
SOME CHALLENGES
Specifying the audience.
Fulfilling our needs wisely.
Creating the content
Forming the design
Applying
Handling the budget
PROCESS and ADVANTAGES
PROCESS and ADVANTAGES
Seeing a new media in a tablet device was really exciting.
Combination of video, audio and content was so affluent.
“Differential Feedback” is really determining.
Tablets were so suitable to reach target audience.
Always up to date.
PROCESS and ADVANTAGES
CREATIVE MINDS and
SUPPORTERS
CREATIVE MINDS
Bumag is designed and
developed by entrepreneurship
of 2 Communication Design
Students Utku Kurt and Dogan
Can Gundogdu.
Supported and administrated
by faculty, Haluk Gürgen,
(Dean) Fatos Adiloglu
(Department Head) and
Guven Catak (Faculty
Member) and the head of the
board of trustees Mr. Enver
Yücel.
INITIATION
CREATION: BUMAG
Introduced to Digital Publishing Suite in 2011 May in
Adobe CS5.5 meeting which have taken place in
Bahcesehir University.
And brainstormed on advantages and the opportunities
of this media with considering technological
developments in the future.
A decision was made to create a digital magazine that
covers the university news, social life, student projects,
essays etc. that initiated by Bahcesehir University
Communication Design students.
CREATION: BUMAG
Bahcesehir University has always trusted creative
industries with its open-minded and innovative inertia.
The entrepreneur team of students presented the
project to the department and the faculty, and received
the support of administrators who covered the budget.
The first issue was published in April 2012 including
application, design and content.
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES of
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
It is the most suitable media
in the sense of design
considering both audio, visual
and interactive design for a
Communication Design
student.
New Media students can
experience recent features by
involving one of the newest
media in the industry.
Advertisement students can
develop interactive
advertisements in the tablets.
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
Cinema & TV students can
promote themselves with their
projects to great numbers of
people.
Photography and Video
students can show their works
easily and digital publishing
media is really effective way to
accomplish this.
Public Relations students can
create new campaigns and
make contact with right target
audience and companies
quickly.
PROMOTING UNIVERSITY with
PROMOTING UNIVERSITY
Bahcesehir University is the first and single university that
publishes digital magazine only for tablets in the Turkey
armed with the technological possibilities to reach the
target audience.
Bumag can be read across the world opening up new
networks and possibilities.
Creating Bumag digital magazine constructed Bahcesehir
University’s identity in this field, while helping to manage
its reputation at the same time.
coming soon
PROJECTIONS
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
BUG is a game lab project, started by Bahçesehir
University, Communication Design Department.
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
Inspired by the motto “If the current system
doesn't work, we need a bug to fix it!”
BUG sets out to fill in the blanks.
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
Focusing on video games and playful interaction
design, BUG aims to be a communication and
education platform for the game scene in Istanbul
and young enthusiasts and entrepreneurs who want
to develop games.
GAME DOC
A documentary is made to cover
the game scene in Turkey as a
starter.
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
BUG launched with a
collaboration with MIT Media Lab
in May 2012.
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
BUG has started with a boot
camp on 24th June.
For three weeks participants will
attend to game design seminars
and develop games at the end.
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
BUG Summer School had 521
applicants.
31 instructors from the
industry and academy started
the program with the selected
41 participants , a.k.a “bugs”.
It will continue for 3 weeks of a
loaded program covering 3
major steps of game design and
distribution such as “concept
development”, “production”
and “channels of distribution”
BAHCESEHIR GAME LAB
With the fall semester, BUG plans to start its series of global
education seminars and local market events.
Thank you...
For more info:
www.bahcesehir.edu.tr
bug.bahcesehir.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Fatos Adiloglu
fatos.adiloglu@bahcesehir.edu.tr