Capital Merket
Students
Maria VodopianovaTutors
Format
App
Topic
Internet Data MiningYear
2024
The Capital Market project is a speculative application that transforms the
project author into a stock. The goal is to apply the principles of private
investment markets and integrate the concept of restricted dividend-paying
shares contracts to capitalize on personal development and experiences.
Positive and negative events drive the stock price and determine the amount of
dividends.
To investigate this idea, the author analyzed stock market mechanics and
identified restricted dividend-paying shares contracts as the most suitable
metaphor for the project. They conducted literature studies and analyzed
sources that influenced each facet of their identity, creating a database with
guiding principles. As a UI/UX design major, the author developed high-fidelity
prototypes to demonstrate the concept. In conclusion, this speculative project highlights the growing trend of self-data
becoming public and monetized, while interpersonal relationships become
more transactional and less personal. Further project development involves
programming the app and conducting real-life testing. It will be interesting to
observe whether people perceive this as brutal and inhumane or as an
acceptable concept, which would indicate yet another boundary being pushed in
terms of privacy of self-data.