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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.

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.

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.

Jessica

When she’s not helping our clients with web maintenance or digital marketing, Jessica can be found paddleboarding on Lake Erie, solo traveling in the wild, and thrifting for mid-century knick knacks. 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.

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.

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.

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 macaroons, collecting bottle caps, and watching classic horror films.

Jessi

An avid athlete and outdoorswoman, Jessica’s favorite hobby is more hobbies. Hiker, painter, swimmer, actor, flutist, cat rescuer– she aims to kinda crush it with everything she tries. She loves Sichuan cuisine and has a designated color palette for all activities (Pantone 267 and 279 for climbing, obvs.) When she isn’t managing our digital marketing, Jessi might be drawing photorealistic zebras, accidentally camping on mountainsides, or loudly singing show tunes. She loves film and would read more books if she could do it while salsa dancing.

Josh

Josh is one of the few people we know who has lived in a shipping container. On purpose. Twice. When he's not directing FORM's digital design or blushing about his pile of AIGA awards, he is probably communing with nature or learning to tie a fly. He once led a clandestine effort to poster Frankfurt with messages about healthy work-life-balance. His doodling and handwriting are so geometrically perfect that some say he uses The Force to conjure it. He is the second-tallest FORMie, which comes in handy when retrieving Kory's errant Nerf darts. He loves stuff like outer space, red shoes, sriracha sauce, and Tycho.

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.

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.

Kory

Some of us suspect Kory is part robot, but since we rightfully fear robots, we're afraid to ask him if it's true. A real genius and clean code devotee, he guides FORM's programming team and makes magic of the web. He's also one heck of a baker, guitar player and Apple junkie. He owns a bacon-scented air freshener and microwaveable pasta boat. He is digitizing his entire DVD collection (he's up to the Gs). There is enough music in Kory's iTunes library to provide astronauts a non-stop soundtrack for 9.3 trips to the Moon.

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Desktop Friday

An 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?

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Someone Said

Overheard and out of context. Hang around with us long enough, and you might find something you said posted here, too:

PBS is very : colon-y.

I'm going to pull out the Real Joe Pesci Hat.

Look at the eyes on that Red-Legged Honeycreeper!

He sucked at watching TV.

All caps, all the time.

I keep thinking about that wolf tie.

How am I supposed to get through my workday when I have to take care of all these tiny people in my phone?

I don't know who you think you are, coming up in here with a taco.

Is that horse wearing shorts?

That's why I'm walking away while you look at pictures of Rob Van Dam.

It wasn't like that a minute ago.

I was working, until I got distracted by this Madonna song.

It's too sausagy.

These zombies look like cauliflower.

I bought a Chewbacca shirt but I keep forgetting to wear it.

Please pray for Mrs. Haskel's tomatoes.

Look at his bag of hot dog boxes on the floor!

I don't like the weather tellin' me what to do.

I thought I was done with zombies.

I'm programming in my head.

Gettin' mean... in a nice way.

Lower case "m" is the best letter.

Steve, let's go somewhere, just you and me.

It’s just weird that this is like a “walkin’-around” place.

I mean, how much Jeff Bridges can you have in one movie?

Your sweat smells like Dolce & Gabbana.

They'll do anything for a ribbon and a hamburger.

You have some mustard on your forehead.

Are we going to a place I can wear slippers?

I've looked at that alpaca all day.

Beige is not an image.

It's like if I had muscles but with quarters.

Entertainment Tonight is where dreams go to die.

Did I do that during the pandemic?

Dark Mode is ruining my life.

I can’t type expletives without the expletives.

You can't out-do the fish with sneakers.

No cults or dying, please. It's Friday.

There is no light, only Dark Mode.

Internet Explorer is ruining this.

Must. Resist. Cacao.

Oh, sorry! I'll just rewrite the Web.

This is not your grandmother's website!

Have you heard about the whaler-pirate guy?

Always cut toward your innards.

I don't foresee whales having cell phones.

Your hat smells like bologna.

It's been two days since Monday.

There is no reason for Bob Evans.

Acknowledge my math!

You forgot the witch supplies!

I didn't want to spend $40 on a banana costume.

Pockets full of coffee.

It works!

You see that giant hot dog?

Why'd you walk over here like Stone Cold Steve Austin?

There are no conifer trees in here.

I wanna smell how cold it is.

Never get into a fistfight with a puppeteer.

Fancy code is the only kind I write.

It's a pickle wearing a cape; I think it's self-explanatory.

I can't wait to put that on a T-shirt.

The 80's called and they want their wine back.

Wait 'til I get this gas station food, then order in.

That's great, now there's bacon bits in my keyboard.

Move. You're where my Diet Coke goes.

That's just how I like my mugs: Cheap and Swiss.

Did you say "jQuery" or "Katie Perry"?

I'm just not used to Kory wearing pants.

Well, we have mustaches upstairs.

Squirrels don't have pants.

Then I thought, why not just make it Helvetica?

Why'd you put me out like that about the Lion King?

Was that Rod Stewart?

I'd go to a goat rodeo.

It reminds me of an old calculator.

I can't solve a three-year-old's bee jokes.

What is life if not just a series of great chairs?

I can tell by the look on your face that you're not going to be of any help.

I'm not at a place in my heart where I can eat a bear.

Every time she raises her hand an egg dies.

If the Long Island Medium were here, she'd freak out.

I only got to Utah before I quit.

The football game or the moon landing?

IE is the DMV of the Internet.

I know how I like my files: Large.

Steve's probably listening to Fiona Apple.

It's like a statue of my dog with a mustache on it.

I want a corn dog scented candle.

Who is Batman and The Drumstick?

No, *YOU* need megadoses of vitamin D.

Well. I guess we're having stock photos for lunch.

I'm sorry about the div.

The conference template fills me with dread.

You reach into your heart and pull out a potholder.

Stay in your happy little design world.

I'm out here changing the Internet.

I can get behind an animal with a handlebar mustache.

Long story short... I'm a genius, and we don't need a new Roomba.

I'm dealing with some very important kangaroo things right now.

Murderer at nine o'clock!

I need a more magical word for "practical."

I want the whole tomato.

I tried the peanut butter trick with Jelly before.

A guy named Jerry has 20 watermelons in his truck.

If it's not moist, I'm not interested in having it thrown on my desk.

'M', as in Machu Picchu.

What can I say? I have uncontrollable eyebrows.

Adam Driver is the Sarah Jessica Parker of men.

This sushi is quite delicious. If you like the taste of death.

Emotionally, my hands are in my pockets.

I have a weird cheese story for you.

That horse looks like Burt Russel Crowe.

Activate the chicken!

I would put that in Someone Said if it wasn't so disgusting.

No. They don't have budget for robots.

Mister-I'm-Never-Wrong!

It doesn't work in Safari.

I think I was bitten by a rattlesnake in a past life.

This tastes like Steve's car.

What are these ribbons your horse keeps winning?

It was like B-side Tony the Tiger.

It's like, I read books, but I also party.

The hands are the face of the arm.

Settle down, Mailchimp.

There's a lot of outer space.

It doesn't work in IE.

Let's see, so the chicken goes in the middle...

C'mon. Lemme see your turkey burgers.

Also, they have a great toe box.

Location ID = 23 Bread Bowl = False (AKA: The Breadbowl Module is Broken.)

We have flippage!

Those weren't professional quality mustaches.

I said something about sausage, but I don't remember what it was.

They should do Animal Crossing on the moon.

I think I'm gonna have to set something on fire.

Check your email before you put your pants on.

This is too helpful.

I just smelled fries in my head.

The dog arrived before the paintings.

I love mint-forward.

I had some chicken wings in my car that I was going to give you. 

It's like, the Jedi.

(on St. Patrick's Day) Happy Thanksgiving!

Stop counting the dents in my can of food.

It's like a clown car of drawers.

I'm sitting down here with Hot Popcorn Hands.

You can't ship pickles.

Sassy Cap'n McBeef O'Brady

I just keep making ears by accident.

The wild cheeses grow aplenty here.

It's like a new Tool album for me.

It's too Skittly.

Babies aren't supposed to look like Woody Harrelson.

I'm not giving my money to YouTube. YouTube is all horsey and gross.

400 pounds plus adrenaline, and I could flip a car, easy.

I switched to the California Raisins pillowcase last night.

Is that a convertible hearse?

Helvetica Light makes me think you're lying.

He's magic. He's practically a leprechaun.

You wanna do hot dogs Friday?

Let's talk about donuts.

Oh I'm smart! I'm artificial!

It's broken.

Like, the food kind, or the magical kind?

You should watch Labyrinth if you're into Muppets.

This knob makes me want to get drunk.

It's like, the future.

There are four purses in my purse.

Why is the llama-cam shaking?

I don't think real cowboys do this much ironing.

It's what's for dinner.

...And that is why you don't wear sandals to Blossom.

Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it‘s Oppenheimer.

I just blew my nose in my notes.

Whoa! That's the monkey!

Can you bring your horse?

I'm thinking like four, maybe five steps ahead of you.

I've never had much luck with rabbits.

How would you get DNA from Elvis?

I think what we should probably do, is nothing.

The air doesn't taste like pancakes!

I'm wing-dingin' it.

What don't you think should be converted into a fish tank?

Gonna write up the changes on a stone tablet like it's the Jurassic era.

I try not to have too many hobbies.

My version of a beard is a hat.

My goal is to live until 2085.

I'm trying to use your design elements but I'm not sure I like them.

Can I be Josh for Halloween?

Light the content candle!

They're like the seagulls of birds.

Try not to make it too caskety.

I feel like I just try too much sometimes.

I just had an Emeril moment.

I wish I could draw RoboCop.

More bugs than expected. 4 stars.

I don't want to chase the red sweater. I just want to buy the red sweater.

If you had a hot dog roller and went shopping for sausages, things might change.

Is toe box one word or two?

He's got an eyepatch sorta vibe.

It smells like the 80s.

Remember when you threw décor at me?

I've never seen the 80s.

I'm bringing iFrames back.

1-2-3 Cheeseburger Lane!

Eating peaches with a spoon stinks.

I can handle a lot of Jeff Bridges in one movie.

I'd rather be Garamond than Papyrus.

Something is wrong with the server.

There's wine on your motherboard.

Rhinos are a big deal.

Make it extra-white. #GGGGGG

I’m getting a full-on chest plate tattoo of FORM riding on the back of a magical unicorn to show my appreciation.

I found Pickle Doritos at a rest stop.

I'm sorry I'm not a sock connoisseur.

It should be a little Burt Reynolds.

I think what we should plan to do, is nothing.

It's a torsional thing.

One time I set myself on fire.

The Muppets are my Downton Abbey.

I've been here before - I was looking for a baby!

They're switchin' browsers and clearin' cookies!

Her abs look like a turtle shell.

It's like The Sixth Sense, but with tacos.

I've been thinking about that wolf tie.

It was working a minute ago.

If this were a book, I would totally read it.

The cats came with the man.

Not wearing black is Emily's pink.

My middle toe went numb and I thought I had something in my shoe.

How much bread would it take to feed a scorpion for a week?

Michael do you want something pumpkin-spiced?

I'm gonna make websites out of wood.

I am the ghost of Tractor Supply Company.

It's too Skynrdy.

No one is as f*#¥%#! good as Katelyn. She’s got two degrees.

Did you just raise the roof on jQuery?

Come and get it, Sammy Hagar!

Teresa, you haven't given me an answer, you've only given me s*!%.

Those stupid little pickles.

What about ferrets? Ferrets are weird.

It's dark and gloomy with zombies, but I think I'll keep my sunglasses on.

Is this the collective smell of humanity?

I'm going to look up thesaurus in the dictionary.

Beige is not a color.

An ice cream truck drove through this design.

You're always picked last and your pasta smells.

I can still smell Steve.

I don't want this bacon on here any more.

I'm no stranger to a rotten banana.

It looks like a big dinosaur protecting a translucent bag of smaller dinosaurs

They have that dirty ketchup money.

I'm trying to figure out what kind of harvester to use for canola.

Salad's nasty.

I'm trying to think of a more magical word for practical.

A person can be positive, AND also inappropriate.

Steve, you should come look at these sandwich pictures.

You look at your astronaut food. I'm gonna work.

Is hot dog one word or two?

Oooh, it's propagating!

Cat-flavored ice cream?

In Belgium, there's a tax for things that are too multitasky.

What's that band? 100 Haircuts?

Yeah I'm turtlin'!

It's like an easy bake oven for adults who like chicken.

That's a good lookin monkey.

I have an item of boot business to discuss.

Our sponsors are our butter, our members are our bread.

You're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital age.

You just have to hope for the best until it doesn't happen.

Don't come at me with your popcorn problems.

Instructions unclear, I have peanut butter on my hands.

Math is black.

Thankfully, Mercury in retrograde ends today.

She’s like the Taylor Swift of silversmithing.

But, Saul Bass already used all the good shapes.

No amount of money is worth your husband having a mustache.

The donut button isn't working.

You're eating the chicken crust.

You do seem like the type of guy who'd drink pickle juice.

I hate Internet Explorer.

I'm not trying to make my turnips rot you guys.

I once smuggled a Subway footlong in my sweatshirt pocket.

Why is there a piece of cheese in my purse?

There's a lot of dirt down here.

The meatball machine is broken.

It's the web equivalent of a junk drawer.

This phone call is messing up my hair.

I can't juggle a fish, that's for sure.

Facebook's telling me I'm fat.

I got this whole thing of Silly Putty stuck on my sleeve.

It'll be in the Someone Said that's in your heart.

It's like Top Chef, but with vodka.

Are pigs becoming extinct?

These people drive like animals.

Please ignore me collating behind you.

Bring it all to the corn dog party!

That's why I don't eat it out of a can; I eat it out of a bag.

I just wanna eat this sandwich.

I'm gonna rock that perm!

I'll die if I smell like a hamster.

I don't recall there being an h in leprechaun.

I've been to New Jersey?

I can't wait to dance on the grave of that site.

Batteries? Seriously? What is this, 1985?

I'd try human. (on the topic of cannibalism)

A pickle chip got caught in the wheels of my chair.

I don't like wearing pants.

I can turn my funks off.

It's like a pair of pants, for your car.

My whole life is a circular formula.

Can you Swissify it?

It looks, feels, and smells great!

I had a pencil sharpener shaped like a boat.

It's not urgent, aside from the building being on fire.

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