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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
It's like drinking a little garden.”
Also, they have a great toe box.”
You can't ship pickles.”
You're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital age.”
Michael do you want something pumpkin-spiced?”
What about ferrets? Ferrets are weird.”
Is toe box one word or two?”
Your sweat smells like Dolce & Gabbana.”
Eating peaches with a spoon stinks.”
In Belgium, there's a tax for things that are too multitasky.”
Dalmatians are not a monolith, people.”
I've been here before - I was looking for a baby!”
Pockets full of coffee.”
I can still smell Steve.”
I've been to New Jersey?”
I'm going to pull out the Real Joe Pesci Hat.”
Squirrels don't have pants.”
Have you heard about the whaler-pirate guy?”
It looks like a big dinosaur protecting a translucent bag of smaller dinosaurs”
I'm gonna rock that perm!”
The hands are the face of the arm.”
Let's talk about donuts. ”
Please ignore me collating behind you.”
I need a more magical word for "practical."”
Can I be Josh for Halloween?”
Why is there a piece of cheese in my purse?”
The donut button isn't working.”
It was like B-side Tony the Tiger.”
It smells like the 80s.”
I can get behind an animal with a handlebar mustache.”
An ice cream truck drove through this design.”
Did I do that during the pandemic?”
I think I'm gonna have to set something on fire.”
You're eating the chicken crust.”
In kindergarten we had a wedding for the letters Q and U because they were always together.”
He's got an eyepatch sorta vibe.”
What kind of shoes, cotton candy?”
I had a pencil sharpener shaped like a boat.”
They're switchin' browsers and clearin' cookies!”
Never get into a fistfight with a puppeteer.”
Gonna write up the changes on a stone tablet like it's the Jurassic era.”
You have some mustard on your forehead. ”
Let's not get in a fight with a horse.”
I don't think real cowboys do this much ironing.”
I'm not giving my money to YouTube. YouTube is all horsey and gross.”
Trash day is the only thing that anchors me.”
Remember when you threw décor at me?”
They're like little rock possums!”
Gettin' mean... in a nice way.”
I don't know who you think you are, coming up in here with a taco.”
This is too helpful.”
Steve, let's go somewhere, just you and me.”
The football game or the moon landing?”
I'm not trying to make my turnips rot you guys.”
It looks, feels, and smells great!”
I think I was bitten by a rattlesnake in a past life.”
You can't out-do the fish with sneakers.”
People are weird in the spring, man.”
Where did you live, a coal chute?”
I’m getting a full-on chest plate tattoo of FORM riding on the back of a magical unicorn to show my appreciation.”
Are pigs becoming extinct?”
I can’t type expletives without the expletives. ”
It's like a statue of my dog with a mustache on it.”
Mister-I'm-Never-Wrong!”
The dog arrived before the paintings.”
It works!”
I've been thinking about that wolf tie.”
The wild cheeses grow aplenty here.”
Please pray for Mrs. Haskel's tomatoes.”
Yeah I'm turtlin'!”
I hate Internet Explorer.”
I just smelled fries in my head.”
Make it extra-white. #GGGGGG”
PBS is very : colon-y.”
I wish I could draw RoboCop.”
I don't want to chase the red sweater. I just want to buy the red sweater.”
I found Pickle Doritos at a rest stop.”
You just have to hope for the best until it doesn't happen.”
I wanna smell how cold it is.”
Beige is not a color.”
Murderer at nine o'clock!”
Rhinos are a big deal.”
I can tell by the look on your face that you're not going to be of any help.”
I said something about sausage, but I don't remember what it was.”
I thought I was done with zombies.”
Move. You're where my Diet Coke goes.”
This is a website for birds!”
Where we're going, we don't need rollovers!”
I've looked at that alpaca all day.”
Are we going to a place I can wear slippers?”
Birthday Mullet Hammer Pants”
This is not your grandmother's website!”
They're like the seagulls of birds.”
I love mint-forward. ”
He's just mad because he can't be a wizard.”
It'll be in the Someone Said that's in your heart.”
It's too sausagy.”
I know how I like my files: Large.”
The air doesn't taste like pancakes!”
My middle toe went numb and I thought I had something in my shoe.”
Long story short... I'm a genius, and we don't need a new Roomba.”
400 pounds plus adrenaline, and I could flip a car, easy.”
Instructions unclear, I have peanut butter on my hands.”
Full of secrets and bees. ”
They'll do anything for a ribbon and a hamburger.”
I can't solve a three-year-old's bee jokes.”
I need to know more about that cat!”
Is hot dog one word or two?”
My whole life is a circular formula.”
I'm thinking like four, maybe five steps ahead of you.”
Cat-flavored ice cream?”
There's a lot of dirt down here.”
There is no light, only Dark Mode.”
But, Saul Bass already used all the good shapes.”
I didn't want to spend $40 on a banana costume.”
Batteries? Seriously? What is this, 1985?”
Was that Rod Stewart?”
I can't wait to put that on a T-shirt.”
There is no reason for Bob Evans.”
The meatball machine is broken.”
The conference template fills me with dread.”
Your hat smells like bologna.”
I don't want this bacon on here any more.”
It doesn't work in Safari.”
I can't wait to dance on the grave of that site.”
I just had an Emeril moment.”
Whoa! That's the monkey!”
I can't juggle a fish, that's for sure.”
He's building a car and doing his spy run.”
My version of a beard is a hat.”
It's broken.”
I don't like the weather tellin' me what to do.”
Well, we have mustaches upstairs.”
Fancy code is the only kind I write.”
You just had to bring up Toe Day, didn't you?”
I switched to the California Raisins pillowcase last night.”
I was just there for the Year of the Spatula.”
I've never seen the 80s.”
Haven't we tortured cauliflower enough?”
One time I set myself on fire.”
I'm just not used to Kory wearing pants.”
I had some chicken wings in my car that I was going to give you. ”
I've never had much luck with rabbits.”
What can I say? I have uncontrollable eyebrows.”
No one is as f*#¥%#! good as Katelyn. She’s got two degrees.”
What is life if not just a series of great chairs?”
This knob makes me want to get drunk.”
You reach into your heart and pull out a potholder.”
That egg is dumb.”
It's like, the future.”
We're not eating it, we're just looking at it!”
Did Ben Franklin even know that dinosaurs existed?”
Settle down, Mailchimp.”
Those weren't professional quality mustaches.”
They have that dirty ketchup money.”
A pickle chip got caught in the wheels of my chair.”
You forgot the witch supplies!”
I have an item of boot business to discuss.”
It's like Top Chef, but with vodka.”
It's not urgent, aside from the building being on fire.”
It's too Skynrdy.”
That's great, now there's bacon bits in my keyboard.”
Young Sam Elliot is a head-turner!”
I can handle a lot of Jeff Bridges in one movie.”
It's what's for dinner.”
Sassy Cap'n McBeef O'Brady”
I don't foresee whales having cell phones.”
Entertainment Tonight is where dreams go to die.”
Like, the food kind, or the magical kind?”
1-2-3 Cheeseburger Lane!”
I am the ghost of Tractor Supply Company.”
It's been two days since Monday.”
You should watch Labyrinth if you're into Muppets.”
Hot yoga, Steve? No, goat.”
Wait 'til I get this gas station food, then order in.”
...And that is why you don't wear sandals to Blossom.”
Try not to make it too caskety.”
Every time she raises her hand an egg dies.”
Shrimp is too squeaky for the morning.”
What don't you think should be converted into a fish tank?”
It reminds me of an old calculator.”
I think what we should plan to do, is nothing.”
It's like Smash Mouth in the 90's”
The cats came with the man.”
(on St. Patrick's Day) Happy Thanksgiving!”
Lower case "m" is the best letter.”
I'd go to a goat rodeo.”
Babies aren't supposed to look like Woody Harrelson. ”
Light the content candle!”
I'm sorry about the div.”
Beige is not an image.”
Well. I guess we're having stock photos for lunch.”
We have flippage!”
Steve's probably listening to Fiona Apple.”
Salad's nasty.”
Look at his bag of hot dog boxes on the floor!”
I'm wing-dingin' it.”
How would you get DNA from Elvis?”
Emotionally, my hands are in my pockets.”
Come and get it, Sammy Hagar!”
There's a lot of outer space.”
I'm bringing iFrames back.”
Adam Driver is the Sarah Jessica Parker of men.”
I once smuggled a Subway footlong in my sweatshirt pocket. ”
You wanna do hot dogs Friday?”
Don't come at me with your popcorn problems.”
This sushi is quite delicious. If you like the taste of death.”
I'm going to look up thesaurus in the dictionary.”
Math is black.”
Activate the chicken!”
IE is the DMV of the Internet.”
I only got to Utah before I quit.”
It's like, the Jedi.”
There are four purses in my purse.”
It's too Skittly.”
I got this whole thing of Silly Putty stuck on my sleeve.”
Is that horse wearing shorts?”
Why is the llama-cam shaking?”
All caps, all the time.”
I'm gonna make websites out of wood.”
It's like, I read books, but I also party.”
What are these ribbons your horse keeps winning?”
I just wanna eat this sandwich.”
The 80's called and they want their wine back.”
Facebook's telling me I'm fat.”
She’s like the Taylor Swift of silversmithing. ”
It doesn't work in IE.”
I'm trying to think of a more magical word for practical.”
That's just how I like my mugs: Cheap and Swiss.”
It wasn't like that a minute ago.”
Helvetica Light makes me think you're lying.”
No amount of money is worth your husband having a mustache.”
You look at your astronaut food. I'm gonna work.”
Is that a convertible hearse?”
This phone call is messing up my hair.”
Our sponsors are our butter, our members are our bread.”
How am I supposed to get through my workday when I have to take care of all these tiny people in my phone?”
If this were a book, I would totally read it.”
I don't like wearing pants.”
Oooh, it's propagating!”
No. They don't have budget for robots.”
Look at the eyes on that Red-Legged Honeycreeper!”
Internet Explorer is ruining this.”
If you had a hot dog roller and went shopping for sausages, things might change.”
There's wine on your motherboard.”
How much bread would it take to feed a scorpion for a week?”
You see that giant hot dog?”
More bugs than expected. 4 stars. ”
A person can be positive, AND also inappropriate.”
C'mon. Lemme see your turkey burgers.”
Must. Resist. Cacao.”
It's dark and gloomy with zombies, but I think I'll keep my sunglasses on.”
I can turn my funks off.”
I call those dinosaurs daddy long necks.”
I'm dealing with some very important kangaroo things right now.”
Oh, sorry! I'll just rewrite the Web.”
It's the web equivalent of a junk drawer.”
I forgot outside was a place I could go.”
I'd rather be Garamond than Papyrus.”
My goal is to live until 2085.”
Always cut toward your innards.”
I'd try human. (on the topic of cannibalism)”
I'm not at a place in my heart where I can eat a bear.”
I just blew my nose in my notes.”
Did you say "jQuery" or "Katie Perry"?”
What's that band? 100 Haircuts?”
I'm trying to figure out what kind of harvester to use for canola.”
They should do Animal Crossing on the moon.”
Not wearing black is Emily's pink.”
I was working, until I got distracted by this Madonna song.”
I think what we should probably do, is nothing.”
Steve, you should come look at these sandwich pictures.”
No, *YOU* need megadoses of vitamin D.”
That's a lawsuit pickle right there.”
I bought a Chewbacca shirt but I keep forgetting to wear it.”
It's like an easy bake oven for adults who like chicken.”
Then I thought, why not just make it Helvetica?”
Acknowledge my math!”
No cults or dying, please. It's Friday.”
It should be a little Burt Reynolds.”
You're always picked last and your pasta smells.”
Stop counting the dents in my can of food.”
Let's see, so the chicken goes in the middle...”
I haven't had a muffler since 2020”
I don't recall there being an h in leprechaun.”
Why'd you put me out like that about the Lion King?”
Who am I, Benjamin Franklin?”
I just keep making ears by accident.”
It's like a new Tool album for me.”
Oh I'm smart! I'm artificial!”
I want a corn dog scented candle.”
I keep thinking about that wolf tie.”
Kohl's and casinos — no windows.”
These zombies look like cauliflower.”
I'm sorry I'm not a sock connoisseur.”
I'm no stranger to a rotten banana.”
Teresa, you haven't given me an answer, you've only given me s*!%.”
I have a weird cheese story for you.”
Her abs look like a turtle shell.”
That's a good lookin monkey.”
He's magic. He's practically a leprechaun.”
Bring it all to the corn dog party!”
It's a torsional thing.”
It was working a minute ago.”
I would rather have moist than wet food, thank you very much.”
That's why I'm walking away while you look at pictures of Rob Van Dam.”
Those stupid little pickles.”
You'd suck at being a zombie.”
If the Long Island Medium were here, she'd freak out.”
Something is wrong with the server.”
I'm programming in my head.”
It's like a pair of pants, for your car.”
This tastes like Steve's car.”
It's like if I had muscles but with quarters.”
You do seem like the type of guy who'd drink pickle juice.”
It's like a clown car of drawers.”
It's like The Sixth Sense, but with tacos.”
A guy named Jerry has 20 watermelons in his truck.”
I would put that in Someone Said if it wasn't so disgusting.”
It's a pickle wearing a cape; I think it's self-explanatory.”
I'm trying to use your design elements but I'm not sure I like them.”
Thankfully, Mercury in retrograde ends today.”
I'll die if I smell like a hamster.”
Location ID = 23 Bread Bowl = False (AKA: The Breadbowl Module is Broken.)”
Who is Batman and The Drumstick?”
It’s just weird that this is like a “walkin’-around” place. ”
I mean, how much Jeff Bridges can you have in one movie?”
Is this the collective smell of humanity?”
Dark Mode is ruining my life.”
These people drive like animals.”
Can you bring your horse?”
I'm sitting down here with Hot Popcorn Hands.”
I'm gonna crop out the crusty parts.”
We're not counting the tiny chickens.”
I want the whole tomato.”
That horse looks like Burt Russel Crowe.”
If it's not moist, I'm not interested in having it thrown on my desk.”
The Muppets are my Downton Abbey.”
There are no conifer trees in here.”
I feel like I just try too much sometimes.”
That's why I don't eat it out of a can; I eat it out of a bag.”
What kind of single-finger crimes can you commit?”
Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it‘s Oppenheimer. ”
Can you Swissify it?”
Check your email before you put your pants on.”
Did you just raise the roof on jQuery?”
He sucked at watching TV.”
I try not to have too many hobbies.”
'M', as in Machu Picchu.”
I'm out here changing the Internet.”
Eating beans from a can like a hobo!”
I tried the peanut butter trick with Jelly before.”
Why'd you walk over here like Stone Cold Steve Austin?”
Stay in your happy little design world.”