in:JOYFULL
About 어바웃
Materials with no right answer, and people making their own.
Here’s what we believe, and why we opened this room.
WHY — Why this place opened
So much learning,
so little time to make.
Videos, classes, books.
So much pours into a child —
but where does any of it come back out?
Not grand media art. Just here, in the neighbourhood.
Small experiences pile up, and they become a self.
VOICE — A child's words
“Teacher, I come here
to breathe.”
— said by a primary school child, opening the door
This isn't a school. It's a child's hideout.
No curriculum, no homework, no levels.
You come here to play — and while playing, a thought is born.
HOW — What we play with
Which language to speak today —
the child chooses.
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Art
makes a thought visible
Paint and brushes, paper and scissors. Made by hand, into a shape you can see.
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Coding · Robots
makes a thought move
Coding robots and LEGO SPIKE. Add motion to a story and it comes alive.
Grown-ups call these subjects.
To a child they're all just ways of telling my own story.
PSCR — What we notice happening here
We gave names to what
happens inside a child.
It isn't a sequence to follow.
It happens differently for every child, on every day. Some days only one of them shows up, and stays a long while.
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Pause 멈춤
The moment the door opens, everyday life stops for a while. You step into a time that is neither school nor cram school.
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Sense 감각
In a room built to wake the senses, you look, touch, feel. Not knowing with the head — living it with the body.
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Create 표현
Feeling gives birth to a thought. Instead of letting it drift away, the child chooses how to bring it out.
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Reflect 돌아봄
Standing before what they made, they talk about what it is and why. That telling is what makes the experience theirs.
What we see in children who pass through this time —
they grow steadier inside, they notice more,
they understand other points of view, they find their own taste.
WHO — The person behind it
Hello, I'm Oli.
Children's senses are already alive.
What I do is make a place where those senses can open up freely.
I lay out the materials, leave plenty of time —
and what to do today, the child decides.
This place began with me.
A mother raising four children one day
met her own “time to meet myself,” and changed.
When a child builds the habit of output, their perspective shifts;
when a grown-up meets themselves, even briefly, they can breathe.
I believed that, so I opened this door.
May meeting in:JOYFULL
become your chance to express what you think.
Expressing it, you meet yourself —
meeting yourself, you love yourself a little more —
and so it becomes time that fills you with joy inside.
It’s not about doing,
it’s about Being.
— Hanna Lee (Oli)
Designer of environments that wake the senses
Artist · Host · Researcher
The experiments and records of this place gather in the studio lab, CREA:D Lab.
FAQ — Questions we often get
Some things make you hesitate
at the door.
How young can a child start?
From 18 months. Toddler POP (18–30 months) is with a caregiver; from Kids POP (ages 5–7) children come on their own. And it goes all the way up to Old POP and Senior POP — every generation really does make things at the same table.
What if I can't draw?
This isn't a place for drawing well. It's a place for getting something out. Leave “I can't draw” at the door.
Do parents need to stay?
Children are welcome to play here on their own. And while you wait, you're welcome to take a seat and make something too — this is a hideout for grown-ups as well.
How do I book?
Everything runs by reservation. Message us on Instagram (@in.joyfull) or email in.joyfull.kr@gmail.com — English is fine. You can try one session first and then decide, though that trial is a real workshop and carries the session fee. There's no free trial.
Can an adult come alone?
Yes. Old POP is the grown-ups' time, and most people come by themselves.
Won't children stop coming once school gets busy?
Honestly — some do leave once the after-school years begin. But the tighter the timetable gets, the more one thing is needed: an hour where nothing has to be proven. Just one hour a week, kept open as a child's breathing room.