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.

Joy Code
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About

A creative
operating
system.

At Joy Code, we build creative ecosystems. Some become software. Some become hardware. Others take shape as stories, media, tools, or experiences. Each is a small experiment in possibility.

We work 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 vision — shaping the design, storytelling, strategy, and human-first philosophy behind every Joy Code experiment. With a background in communications, brand building, and entrepreneurship, she believes beautiful systems can 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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