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.
• DIGITAL TOOLS
• MEDIA EXPERIMENTS
• iOS APPS
• ART
• CODE
• JOY
• DIGITAL TOOLS • MEDIA EXPERIMENTS • iOS APPS • ART • CODE • JOY
ABOUTA 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 appHardwareProject Ilsee
Ilsee is a new kind of darkroom experience — fun, accessible, and designed to spark the artist in everyone. More details developing soon.
Public beta — Fall 2026
iOS appProject 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.
Launching — Fall 2026THE TEAM
Lia Ballentine
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.
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Brandon Ballentine
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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