Creative Lab — Est. 2026

We build at the intersection of art, code, and joy.

Joy Code is a creative lab where craft meets code — designing products, systems, and stories that turn imagination into infrastructure.

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About

A creative
operating
system.

Joy Code is a creative lab where craft meets code. We design products, systems, and stories that live at the intersection of art, technology, and joy.

Our work spans digital tools, media experiments, and physical creative systems — each designed to turn imagination into infrastructure. From photography to AI, from storytelling to digital tools, we build across disciplines, always asking the same question:

"What happens when joy becomes part of the system?"

Upcoming Projects
iOS App Hardware
01

Project Ilsee

Ilsee is a new kind of darkroom experience — fun, accessible, and designed to spark the artist in everyone. More details developing soon.

Coming Soon Public Beta - Summer 2026
iOS App 02

Project Yumday

Mercury is in retrograde and apparently it's National Churro Day — and Yumday has thoughts. From snacks to the stars, your daily cosmic food horoscope is coming soon.

Coming Soon Launching Fall 2026

More in the pipeline — sign up to hear first

The Team
Lia Ballentine

Lia Ballentine

Co-Founder

Lia brings the art to Joy Code — shaping the visual language, creative direction, and the human-first philosophy behind every product. She believes beautiful systems change how people feel about their own creativity.

Brandon Ballentine

Brandon Ballentine

Co-Founder

Brandon brings the code — an iOS developer and black-and-white photography nerd who builds the technical experiments that bring Joy Code's ideas to life. He's obsessed with tools that feel as good as they work — especially when they connect the digital world to something you can hold in your hands.

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