Draft:Smilegate Future Lab

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{{Short description|Smilegate Future Lab}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Smilegate Future Lab

| native_name = 퓨처랩

| native_name_lang = ko

| logo = 200px

| logo_caption = Future Lab Logo

| founded = 2016

| type = Non-profit foundation

| location = Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea

| focus = Creative education, youth development, innovation community

| parent_organization = Smilegate

| key_people = Mitchel Resnick (Vice Chairman)

| website = [https://futurelab.center/ futurelab.center]

}}

Smilegate Future Lab ({{lang|ko|퓨처랩}}) is a South Korean non-profit foundation established by Smilegate in 2016. In 2024, it was officially launched as an independent foundation.

With the vision of "Creating Creative Environments for a Better Future," the lab provides various programs focused on creativity-based education and community building for youth and creators.

Smilegate Future Lab emphasizes fostering creative potential through hands-on learning, exploration, and collaboration. Its major activities include educational programs for teenagers, workshops for aspiring digital creators, and support for open innovation communities. A notable figure associated with the lab is Mitchel Resnick, a professor at the MIT Media Lab and the creator of the Scratch programming language, who serves as the foundation’s vice chairman.