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