Bearing an effigy and a heartfelt message.
tokens of Joy travel for free
from one person to another.
Pour la Joie turns a private feeling — gratitude, recognition, encouragement — into a small, visible gesture you can share.
Most kindness goes unsaid. Pour la Joie offers a tangible way to mark it: the Joie, an electronic token stamped with an effigy honoring a late one, a place, a value, sent with a few personal words. The recipient can accept it and pass the Joie along for free, keeping its effigy and the message it bore in lasting memory of a moment of joy.
From a single, simple gesture, Pour la Joie supports three distinct uses — choose any, combine them freely.
Who has never felt the warmth of being recognized by, or granting recognition to, someone else?
A sign of gratitude passed from one person to the next, each Joie carries a personal message — a hello, a bravo, a thank you — and a chosen effigy.
Joies cannot be copied, only transmitted. Issued for one euro each, they are not convertible: their value is not economic but psychological.
Who has never dreamt of bestowing a lasting favour on a few selected individuals?
Bearing a private effigy limited to their first recipients, the Joies you issue become symbolic medals — a roll of honour without administrative weight.
Suppose a student receives a Joie in the effigy of Sophie Germain from an association championing women in science. With the default effigy of Jean-Pierre Joussemet, whose life inspired this system, she can still use this Joie to thank her father for his past support.
Who has never been proud to share a sign common to a group of like-minded people?
A private effigy becomes the symbol of the group. Its members can pass Joies bearing this effigy among themselves, and to anyone whom they deem worthy to belong in spirit or in fact.
Imagine amateur sculptors whose club issues Joies bearing Antoine Bourdelle to encourage them to propagate their love of sculpture and their admiration for Bourdelle through every transmission.
“A grateful gesture, made visible.”