CASE STUDY / Local MVP · CulTech 5
ArtSpace Market
An open space for art.
A local marketplace MVP where artists can register and list their work for free.
Local MVP. Orders and payments are simulated; no real purchases or payments take place.
01 / OVERVIEW
The purpose
Artists and craftspeople need an accessible place to present their work. The idea is to make registration and listings free, with a commission model applied only to sales.
The approach
Built for CulTech 5 by a four-person team, ArtSpace Market connects the core journey from browsing and artist profiles to artwork uploads and demo reservations in one local application.
02 / My contribution
My contribution
I am responsible for development and IT within the team, working on translating requirements into the application, its technical structure, local setup and functional checks. Implementation is AI-assisted; I do not claim that all source code was handwritten.
03 / What it does
What it does
- 01Registration, email login and user sessions
- 02Artist profiles and a personal dashboard
- 03Artwork uploads, editing, image validation and moderation
- 04Search, category and price filters, and pagination
- 05Demo orders and reservations with acceptance, rejection and cancellation
- 06Configurable 5–15% commission, default 10%, and Django Admin
04 / How it is built
How it is built
Django 5.2 renders HTML on the server. Django Templates, Forms and Sessions handle the interface and account flows; the ORM uses SQLite. The accounts, artists, artworks, orders and core modules separate responsibilities. Media stays on the local filesystem. Transactions and database constraints protect order operations.
05 / A closer look
A closer look
06 / Testing & limitations
Testing & limitations
The supplied archive contains account, artwork, order and concurrent reservation tests, with a report documenting 83 tests. Those Django tests were not rerun as part of this portfolio build. Orders and payments are simulated: no real money is charged. Real payments, delivery, email verification and seller verification are absent. SQLite has not been tested for high concurrent load. No public demo is currently available.
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