We are interdisciplinary zealots dedicated to blending creativity and code, philanthropy and commerce. Each of us is equal parts nonprofit patron, arts nerd, and tech junkie. We love what we do, and we love what our clients stand for. We are collaborative, inventive, inspired.
Meet the Team
Steve
Steve is a supersmart, mostly pleasant guy with a penchant for sardonic vinyl toys and Diet Coke. He's an ardent music lover, and though his recent tastes skew toward post-modern shoegaze, he once willingly attended an Air Supply concert. It is rumored that he has quite a high IQ, which is plausible but unconfirmed by MENSA. A serial early adopter, he can’t bring himself to part with his robust laser disc collection. When he's not connecting with clients and guiding our developers, Steve is often skipping stones and building model rockets.
Michael
Michael is a man of few words and many board games (150, to be exact). In addition to writing code for FORM, Michael is a proficient hackeysacker and skilled MIG welder. He does not recommend sleeping in a 2004 Ford Taurus before running a full marathon. He keeps a mysterious blackbird on his desk, is a proud descendant of Johnny Appleseed, and likes dogs named after fruit preserves.
Ryan
When he’s not writing code, Ryan is often gardening, singing self-affirming metal songs, or playing D&D as the cursed Warlock Bard Uriel the Younger. He once ate a sea urchin just to prove a point and says tuna salad sandwiches are the perfect food. He collects vintage video games and assures us that, though Gigan can’t beat Godzilla, he would probably win a fistfight with an ankylosaurus.
Ashleigh
Ashleigh tells us that, though deep-fried worms taste like potato chips, her favorite food is frosting. A dedicated saxophonist, she has performed a halftime routine wearing only one shoe. When she’s not writing code, she's quarterbacking, scrapbooking, or playing Led Zeppelin on her Fender Cyclone. Though she was once mistakenly detained for grand theft auto, she is the proud and legally titled owner of a vintage Geo Metro. She’s a big fan of making macarons, collecting bottle caps, and watching classic horror films.
Hannah
As a child, Hannah was a noted marker artist, 4th chair trumpeter, and passionate porcelain cat collector. She was often in trouble for talking in class and named her toys with only adjectives. Studying in Europe, Hannah found that DaVinci’s Annunciation is larger in real life and that identifying shower gel from hand lotion is tricky when you can’t read Italian. When she's not designing for FORM, she enjoys live concerts, cafe mocha, and carving elaborate designs into pumpkins. Except for the Harry Potter logo. Because, come on, the letter “P” is so hard to carve into a pumpkin.
Emily
When Emily isn't managing our projects, she's busy neglecting house plants, sketching ex-boyfriends' cars, and crushing on Monty Don. She tries to grow vegetables and has eaten 730 cupcakes. A creative spirit and self-described lovey-person, Emily is a big fan of romcoms and keeps a hand-drawn record of all the flowers her husband has ever given her. She knows how to collect honey from bees, can make a perfect frosting curlicue while grudgingly dancing to Pitbull, and has a knack for finding the most inconvenient Airbnbs.
Rachel
As a child, Rachel admired the knife skills of Jacques Pépin. Today, she enjoys inventing new taco toppings and putting Old Bay on everything. She became a master of the bassoon because of her distaste for saxophones and eventually performed Verdi’s Requiem for a PBS documentary in Prague. When she's not connecting with FORM clients, she sometimes makes eyeless hand puppets, prays to St. Anthony for her lost Roku remote, and plays Radiohead on the drums. She’s a big fan of public media, minimalism, and melancholia.
Teresa
Though confused by long division and cooking, Teresa can ideate and design like nobody's business. She is a goldsmith in her spare time and enjoys collecting fancy hammers. She once met all of Pink Floyd, counted 17 shooting stars, and was seriously injured by a pot pie. When she's not strategizing and guiding FORM's creative team, she is probably soldering something, trying to get to Utah, or sniffing old books. She likes Icelandic compositional ambient music and spooning with her boston terrier, Hugo.
Jessica
When she’s not helping our clients with web maintenance or digital marketing, Jessica can be found paddle boarding on Lake Erie, solo traveling in the wild, and thrifting for mid-century knickknacks. She plays funk on a purple Fender and her green thumb is so green, even her plants have plants. She never skips an opportunity to watch Pretty in Pink and she enjoys detailed plans, kitschy cookware, and a healthy frizzle sizzle.
Katelyn
Katelyn says the best of all chemistry constants is 6.02x10 to the 23rd power, and who are we to argue? A rare combination of mathematician, athlete, and artist, she holds a master’s degree in accountancy, runs marathons for fun, and plays the heck out of Chopin’s Revolutionary Étude for piano. When Katelyn's not leading FORM's operations, she enjoys walking her dog, reading tiny dictionaries, and making lemon macaroons. She once broke a picnic table with her head and she's a fan of words, Warren Buffett, and the number 20,710.
Michelle
Part philosophy scholar and part trash-talker, Michelle may argue the merits of shared humanity, but don’t challenge her to a soccer match unless you’re willing to lose your pride and a couple of teeth. She dislikes clutter but happily hoards houseplants, fountain pens, and cheese. When she’s not designing logos and websites, Michelle is flâneuring with her dog Rockwell, making perfectly timed carbonara, or singing melancholic post-punk songs at karaoke.
Nakiyah
Nakiyah once starred as a munchkin in The Wiz and often composes spontaneous show tunes about things like waiting for takeout. Fascinated by the subconscious, she is the only person we know who actually wants to hear about her coworkers’ weird dreams. She has been rewriting book endings in her head since grade school so it's no wonder she is writing a novel. When she’s not strategizing digital marketing campaigns, she’s organizing her purses by size and utility, looking for elephants, and actively avoiding peas.
DJ
A self-described rule follower, DJ is a fan of well-laid plans, responsibilities, and chicken. But this always-designated driver has an adventurous streak, too. He climbed a mountain to propose to his girlfriend, survived a Monegasque taxi ride, and adopted a puppy during the pandemic. When he’s not writing code, DJ is probably battling beetles in his pickle garden, listening to F1 radio chatter, or avoiding assembling his 43-inch Lego Imperial Star Destroyer because there’s no way that thing’s gonna fit in his house.
Airport
CloseAn hour
to create.
The creative brainpower is palpable when the studio stops for Desktop Friday, an exercise designed to reset our creativity. A random topic. An hour to create. Who will crack under pressure? Who will lose it all in an epic crash? Who will go rogue and design in Play-Doh?
Someone Said
Overheard and out of context. Hang around with us long enough, and you might find something you said posted here, too:
You're eating the chicken crust.”
Light the content candle!”
It's too Skittly.”
I would put that in Someone Said if it wasn't so disgusting.”
I'm trying to figure out what kind of harvester to use for canola.”
I don't want this bacon on here any more.”
I just wanna eat this sandwich.”
I think what we should plan to do, is nothing.”
No. They don't have budget for robots.”
No cults or dying, please. It's Friday.”
It's too sausagy.”
Those weren't professional quality mustaches.”
I'm not trying to make my turnips rot you guys.”
Stop counting the dents in my can of food.”
Instructions unclear, I have peanut butter on my hands.”
Location ID = 23 Bread Bowl = False (AKA: The Breadbowl Module is Broken.)”
Did you just raise the roof on jQuery?”
A pickle chip got caught in the wheels of my chair.”
I would rather have moist than wet food, thank you very much.”
Rhinos are a big deal.”
This knob makes me want to get drunk.”
I've been here before - I was looking for a baby!”
Why'd you walk over here like Stone Cold Steve Austin?”
I've never seen the 80s.”
Have you heard about the whaler-pirate guy?”
Facebook's telling me I'm fat.”
Full of secrets and bees. ”
C'mon. Lemme see your turkey burgers.”
I found Pickle Doritos at a rest stop.”
You should watch Labyrinth if you're into Muppets.”
It's like a statue of my dog with a mustache on it.”
If this were a book, I would totally read it.”
If it's not moist, I'm not interested in having it thrown on my desk.”
I forgot outside was a place I could go.”
Never get into a fistfight with a puppeteer.”
(on St. Patrick's Day) Happy Thanksgiving!”
I said something about sausage, but I don't remember what it was.”
Emotionally, my hands are in my pockets.”
It reminds me of an old calculator.”
Oooh, it's propagating!”
Must. Resist. Cacao.”
It was working a minute ago.”
I want a corn dog scented candle.”
If you had a hot dog roller and went shopping for sausages, things might change.”
I know how I like my files: Large.”
I hate Internet Explorer.”
Haven't we tortured cauliflower enough?”
It's too Skynrdy.”
What is life if not just a series of great chairs?”
I love mint-forward. ”
What don't you think should be converted into a fish tank?”
You wanna do hot dogs Friday?”
The dog arrived before the paintings.”
Please ignore me collating behind you.”
I’m getting a full-on chest plate tattoo of FORM riding on the back of a magical unicorn to show my appreciation.”
Dark Mode is ruining my life.”
I thought I was done with zombies.”
The football game or the moon landing?”
I've looked at that alpaca all day.”
I switched to the California Raisins pillowcase last night.”
An ice cream truck drove through this design.”
I just blew my nose in my notes.”
She’s like the Taylor Swift of silversmithing. ”
It doesn't work in IE.”
He's building a car and doing his spy run.”
I don't like wearing pants.”
There is no reason for Bob Evans.”
I'd try human. (on the topic of cannibalism)”
They're like little rock possums!”
I'm sitting down here with Hot Popcorn Hands.”
Birthday Mullet Hammer Pants”
No amount of money is worth your husband having a mustache.”
These zombies look like cauliflower.”
In kindergarten we had a wedding for the letters Q and U because they were always together.”
It’s just weird that this is like a “walkin’-around” place. ”
How much bread would it take to feed a scorpion for a week?”
Your sweat smells like Dolce & Gabbana.”
Gettin' mean... in a nice way.”
Who am I, Benjamin Franklin?”
All caps, all the time.”
Come and get it, Sammy Hagar!”
No, *YOU* need megadoses of vitamin D.”
They should do Animal Crossing on the moon.”
I'm trying to use your design elements but I'm not sure I like them.”
I just had an Emeril moment.”
'M', as in Machu Picchu.”
A guy named Jerry has 20 watermelons in his truck.”
My middle toe went numb and I thought I had something in my shoe.”
You're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital age.”
It's not urgent, aside from the building being on fire.”
It's been two days since Monday.”
Stay in your happy little design world.”
Shrimp is too squeaky for the morning.”
You just have to hope for the best until it doesn't happen.”
He's got an eyepatch sorta vibe.”
There's a lot of outer space.”
It's a pickle wearing a cape; I think it's self-explanatory.”
I wanna smell how cold it is.”
What can I say? I have uncontrollable eyebrows.”
I don't recall there being an h in leprechaun.”
This is not your grandmother's website!”
Can you Swissify it?”
Beige is not an image.”
Eating peaches with a spoon stinks.”
It's a torsional thing.”
It's like an easy bake oven for adults who like chicken.”
I can't wait to put that on a T-shirt.”
I can’t type expletives without the expletives. ”
I'm thinking like four, maybe five steps ahead of you.”
Wait 'til I get this gas station food, then order in.”
That's just how I like my mugs: Cheap and Swiss.”
He's magic. He's practically a leprechaun.”
Babies aren't supposed to look like Woody Harrelson. ”
Please pray for Mrs. Haskel's tomatoes.”
I can't solve a three-year-old's bee jokes.”
It's like a new Tool album for me.”
My goal is to live until 2085.”
It's like Top Chef, but with vodka.”
Michael do you want something pumpkin-spiced?”
It's like, the Jedi.”
The donut button isn't working.”
Well. I guess we're having stock photos for lunch.”
Pockets full of coffee.”
Why is the llama-cam shaking?”
It's like drinking a little garden.”
It's like a clown car of drawers.”
I'm sorry about the div.”
I'd rather be Garamond than Papyrus.”
PBS is very : colon-y.”
Did Ben Franklin even know that dinosaurs existed?”
It looks, feels, and smells great!”
It was like B-side Tony the Tiger.”
Something is wrong with the server.”
This tastes like Steve's car.”
I'm sorry I'm not a sock connoisseur.”
Steve, you should come look at these sandwich pictures.”
I don't foresee whales having cell phones.”
Not wearing black is Emily's pink.”
I'm going to pull out the Real Joe Pesci Hat.”
I call those dinosaurs daddy long necks.”
I've never had much luck with rabbits.”
I'm trying to think of a more magical word for practical.”
The air doesn't taste like pancakes!”
Cat-flavored ice cream?”
I'm gonna crop out the crusty parts.”
I can't juggle a fish, that's for sure.”
Are we going to a place I can wear slippers?”
I can get behind an animal with a handlebar mustache.”
I'm not at a place in my heart where I can eat a bear.”
I just keep making ears by accident.”
It works!”
I had a pencil sharpener shaped like a boat.”
It's like a pair of pants, for your car.”
I feel like I just try too much sometimes.”
Her abs look like a turtle shell.”
Entertainment Tonight is where dreams go to die.”
I try not to have too many hobbies.”
I am the ghost of Tractor Supply Company.”
Why is there a piece of cheese in my purse?”
Was that Rod Stewart?”
I can still smell Steve.”
It smells like the 80s.”
But, Saul Bass already used all the good shapes.”
I don't want to chase the red sweater. I just want to buy the red sweater.”
Is that a convertible hearse?”
That horse looks like Burt Russel Crowe.”
Squirrels don't have pants.”
I'm not giving my money to YouTube. YouTube is all horsey and gross.”
Hot yoga, Steve? No, goat.”
That's a lawsuit pickle right there.”
You do seem like the type of guy who'd drink pickle juice.”
It's like, the future.”
Long story short... I'm a genius, and we don't need a new Roomba.”
I think I'm gonna have to set something on fire.”
These people drive like animals.”
This is too helpful.”
400 pounds plus adrenaline, and I could flip a car, easy.”
It's like, I read books, but I also party.”
Is toe box one word or two?”
He sucked at watching TV.”
It's what's for dinner.”
Helvetica Light makes me think you're lying.”
You see that giant hot dog?”
It's like The Sixth Sense, but with tacos.”
Fancy code is the only kind I write.”
You'd suck at being a zombie.”
How am I supposed to get through my workday when I have to take care of all these tiny people in my phone?”
The wild cheeses grow aplenty here.”
Trash day is the only thing that anchors me.”
Then I thought, why not just make it Helvetica?”
Well, we have mustaches upstairs.”
You're always picked last and your pasta smells.”
That's great, now there's bacon bits in my keyboard.”
I just smelled fries in my head.”
I can't wait to dance on the grave of that site.”
I didn't want to spend $40 on a banana costume.”
I'd go to a goat rodeo.”
Also, they have a great toe box.”
It should be a little Burt Reynolds.”
Did I do that during the pandemic?”
I'm out here changing the Internet.”
Let's talk about donuts. ”
I once smuggled a Subway footlong in my sweatshirt pocket. ”
Acknowledge my math!”
I don't like the weather tellin' me what to do.”
They're switchin' browsers and clearin' cookies!”
Kohl's and casinos — no windows.”
There are four purses in my purse.”
Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it‘s Oppenheimer. ”
There are no conifer trees in here.”
IE is the DMV of the Internet.”
Try not to make it too caskety.”
I need to know more about that cat!”
There's wine on your motherboard.”
You just had to bring up Toe Day, didn't you?”
This phone call is messing up my hair.”
Dalmatians are not a monolith, people.”
Move. You're where my Diet Coke goes.”
My version of a beard is a hat.”
Thankfully, Mercury in retrograde ends today.”
Beige is not a color.”
If the Long Island Medium were here, she'd freak out.”
I've been to New Jersey?”
Where did you live, a coal chute?”
I can tell by the look on your face that you're not going to be of any help.”
It's like if I had muscles but with quarters.”
Always cut toward your innards.”
I think I was bitten by a rattlesnake in a past life.”
The hands are the face of the arm.”
Steve, let's go somewhere, just you and me.”
Math is black.”
I have a weird cheese story for you.”
Salad's nasty.”
Eating beans from a can like a hobo!”
Look at his bag of hot dog boxes on the floor!”
They'll do anything for a ribbon and a hamburger.”
Young Sam Elliot is a head-turner!”
I had some chicken wings in my car that I was going to give you. ”
Let's see, so the chicken goes in the middle...”
I'll die if I smell like a hamster.”
That's a good lookin monkey.”
I'm gonna make websites out of wood.”
I was just there for the Year of the Spatula.”
I'm going to look up thesaurus in the dictionary.”
He's just mad because he can't be a wizard.”
Lower case "m" is the best letter.”
It's the web equivalent of a junk drawer.”
Where we're going, we don't need rollovers!”
Steve's probably listening to Fiona Apple.”
A person can be positive, AND also inappropriate.”
You can't out-do the fish with sneakers.”
You can't ship pickles.”
Teresa, you haven't given me an answer, you've only given me s*!%.”
In Belgium, there's a tax for things that are too multitasky.”
Mister-I'm-Never-Wrong!”
I'm gonna rock that perm!”
What are these ribbons your horse keeps winning?”
Look at the eyes on that Red-Legged Honeycreeper!”
I can handle a lot of Jeff Bridges in one movie.”
1-2-3 Cheeseburger Lane!”
Can you bring your horse?”
More bugs than expected. 4 stars. ”
It's dark and gloomy with zombies, but I think I'll keep my sunglasses on.”
Check your email before you put your pants on.”
That's why I'm walking away while you look at pictures of Rob Van Dam.”
Adam Driver is the Sarah Jessica Parker of men.”
You look at your astronaut food. I'm gonna work.”
Every time she raises her hand an egg dies.”
I've been thinking about that wolf tie.”
I'm just not used to Kory wearing pants.”
They have that dirty ketchup money.”
Yeah I'm turtlin'!”
Settle down, Mailchimp.”
Can I be Josh for Halloween?”
I can turn my funks off.”
We're not counting the tiny chickens.”
This sushi is quite delicious. If you like the taste of death.”
The conference template fills me with dread.”
I'm programming in my head.”
There is no light, only Dark Mode.”
Let's not get in a fight with a horse.”
That egg is dumb.”
Bring it all to the corn dog party!”
Make it extra-white. #GGGGGG”
You have some mustard on your forehead. ”
You forgot the witch supplies!”
I mean, how much Jeff Bridges can you have in one movie?”
There's a lot of dirt down here.”
It's broken.”
I wish I could draw RoboCop.”
It's like Smash Mouth in the 90's”
Murderer at nine o'clock!”
I want the whole tomato.”
It'll be in the Someone Said that's in your heart.”
People are weird in the spring, man.”
I think what we should probably do, is nothing.”
You reach into your heart and pull out a potholder.”
I only got to Utah before I quit.”
I keep thinking about that wolf tie.”
This is a website for birds!”
I'm bringing iFrames back.”
I bought a Chewbacca shirt but I keep forgetting to wear it.”
Are pigs becoming extinct?”
I have an item of boot business to discuss.”
Is that horse wearing shorts?”
I haven't had a muffler since 2020”
I don't think real cowboys do this much ironing.”
It wasn't like that a minute ago.”
Gonna write up the changes on a stone tablet like it's the Jurassic era.”
Batteries? Seriously? What is this, 1985?”
The 80's called and they want their wine back.”
I don't know who you think you are, coming up in here with a taco.”
Is hot dog one word or two?”
Activate the chicken!”
Who is Batman and The Drumstick?”
I got this whole thing of Silly Putty stuck on my sleeve.”
What's that band? 100 Haircuts?”
What kind of single-finger crimes can you commit?”
We're not eating it, we're just looking at it!”
Those stupid little pickles.”
What kind of shoes, cotton candy?”
Remember when you threw décor at me?”
Whoa! That's the monkey!”
The Muppets are my Downton Abbey.”
I'm no stranger to a rotten banana.”
I'm dealing with some very important kangaroo things right now.”
One time I set myself on fire.”
I tried the peanut butter trick with Jelly before.”
Internet Explorer is ruining this.”
Oh I'm smart! I'm artificial!”
We have flippage!”
How would you get DNA from Elvis?”
Is this the collective smell of humanity?”
It doesn't work in Safari.”
It looks like a big dinosaur protecting a translucent bag of smaller dinosaurs”
My whole life is a circular formula.”
Our sponsors are our butter, our members are our bread.”
That's why I don't eat it out of a can; I eat it out of a bag.”
Did you say "jQuery" or "Katie Perry"?”
I was working, until I got distracted by this Madonna song.”
I'm wing-dingin' it.”
The cats came with the man.”
Your hat smells like bologna.”
Why'd you put me out like that about the Lion King?”
Don't come at me with your popcorn problems.”
What about ferrets? Ferrets are weird.”
Oh, sorry! I'll just rewrite the Web.”
Like, the food kind, or the magical kind?”
The meatball machine is broken.”
They're like the seagulls of birds.”
No one is as f*#¥%#! good as Katelyn. She’s got two degrees.”
I need a more magical word for "practical."”
...And that is why you don't wear sandals to Blossom.”
Sassy Cap'n McBeef O'Brady”