About DoBeDoUs

Is a new venture headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. We soft launched in early 2026 with a series of in person creative community events built around classes taught by professional artists and makers. We expect to launch our two-sides creative learning marketplace in the second half of 2026.

Our Team

Misook is a design leader, entrepreneur, and artist living in Brooklyn. She has over two decades of experience creating award-winning digital products and brands for global e-commerce and financial companies. She was also the founder of NYSmarts, a language tutoring business serving international professionals, and holds an MFA from Pratt.

Misook believes we need more people teaching and making art. She founded DoBeDoUs to help artists, makers, and studios build more sustainable creative and teaching practices, while expanding the opportunity for more people to pursue wellness through creativity.

Bo grew up in Seoul and moved to the U.S. as a teenager, an experience that shaped her sensitivity to place, culture, and the deeply human ways people learn through making and doing. She later earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and has spent over two decades working as an architect in New York City.

At DoBeDoUs, Bo focuses on building genuine relationships with artists, teachers, and studios. She listens closely to how they work and what they need to sustain a creative practice, helping shape a platform that supports creative learning while honoring the realities of teaching, making, and earning a living.

Noah is a mission-driven finance and operations leader with over 25 years of professional experience. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University and a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University, and currently serves as a Board member and Treasurer for Big Reuse, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that promotes reuse, recycling, and composting across the New York City.

An amateur musician and cartoonist, Noah is excited by how DoBeDoUs expands options for people to center creativity in life. In addition to his other pursuits, Noah spends time upstate where he is slowly building a very tiny house.

Creative & Technical Partners

Product Development Rajat Wadehra
Engineering Advisor: Will Park
Community Partners: Playground Brooklyn, Brooklyn Art Cluster (BAC), Bo Lee Architects, La Vara, and Taco Vista

People hand-building ceramics in an artist-led class.

Our Philosophy

A creative life is a life well-lived

DoBeDoUs works with its partners to expand the ways in which people can explore their creativity, and expand the number of people being creative. Whether it is in pursuit of personal vision, enhanced wellbeing, or stronger community, we believe creativity should be part of everyone’s life.

Created with artists and makers at the center

We come from the artist community and built this platform to support artists with care, fairness, and long-term opportunity.

Experience the calmness of mindful making

We work with studios, spaces, and artists that care about craft, learning, and creative growth.

Connect with people who love to create

Our workshops and practice sessions are designed to be ongoing moments where creative people return, connect, and grow together.

Teaching artists discussing how to design and manage creative classes

Partnership

Teach with us

We work with artists, makers, and studios who believe in learning, care, and creative community. Our partnerships are built on fairness, intention, and long-term support.

About DoBeDoUs

Our Team

Misook Ji

Bo Lee

Noah Leff