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