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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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:

Try not to make it too caskety.

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

Haven't we tortured cauliflower enough?

I'm programming in my head.

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

1-2-3 Cheeseburger Lane!

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

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

Michael do you want something pumpkin-spiced?

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

Kohl's and casinos — no windows.

I hate Internet Explorer.

Young Sam Elliot is a head-turner!

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

He's building a car and doing his spy run.

Did I do that during the pandemic?

We're not counting the tiny chickens.

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

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

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

It's like, the future.

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

This knob makes me want to get drunk.

That's a lawsuit pickle right there.

Shrimp is too squeaky for the morning.

That horse looks like Burt Russel Crowe.

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

There's a lot of outer space.

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

Are pigs becoming extinct?

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

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

I'm just not used to Kory wearing pants.

What are these ribbons your horse keeps winning?

Must. Resist. Cacao.

What about ferrets? Ferrets are weird.

Her abs look like a turtle shell.

This is too helpful.

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

You reach into your heart and pull out a potholder.

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

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

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

The conference template fills me with dread.

I don't foresee whales having cell phones.

I found Pickle Doritos at a rest stop.

What kind of single-finger crimes can you commit?

Full of secrets and bees.

Why is there a piece of cheese in my purse?

The wild cheeses grow aplenty here.

Is this the collective smell of humanity?

I'd go to a goat rodeo.

I switched to the California Raisins pillowcase last night.

Your hat smells like bologna.

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

Settle down, Mailchimp.

It's too sausagy.

I've looked at that alpaca all day.

I'm bringing iFrames back.

One time I set myself on fire.

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

It's been two days since Monday.

I tried the peanut butter trick with Jelly before.

Rhinos are a big deal.

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

You see that giant hot dog?

Can I be Josh for Halloween?

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

The donut button isn't working.

I can still smell Steve.

Come and get it, Sammy Hagar!

Also, they have a great toe box.

I can get behind an animal with a handlebar mustache.

Helvetica Light makes me think you're lying.

I have an item of boot business to discuss.

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

It's like a clown car of drawers.

We're not eating it, we're just looking at it!

They're like the seagulls of birds.

It doesn't work in Safari.

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

They have that dirty ketchup money.

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

You wanna do hot dogs Friday?

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

We have flippage!

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

Trash day is the only thing that anchors me.

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

A person can be positive, AND also inappropriate.

I'm gonna make websites out of wood.

Those weren't professional quality mustaches.

I need to know more about that cat!

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

This phone call is messing up my hair.

You forgot the witch supplies!

Math is black.

I thought I was done with zombies.

The meatball machine is broken.

Is that horse wearing shorts?

The Muppets are my Downton Abbey.

Who am I, Benjamin Franklin?

He's just mad because he can't be a wizard.

They're like little rock possums!

Mister-I'm-Never-Wrong!

It's like, the Jedi.

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

Oooh, it's propagating!

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

I don't like wearing pants.

I need a more magical word for "practical."

Entertainment Tonight is where dreams go to die.

It's like Top Chef, but with vodka.

I just keep making ears by accident.

Lower case "m" is the best letter.

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

C'mon. Lemme see your turkey burgers.

I only got to Utah before I quit.

It should be a little Burt Reynolds.

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

That egg is dumb.

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

Instructions unclear, I have peanut butter on my hands.

Acknowledge my math!

PBS is very : colon-y.

Thankfully, Mercury in retrograde ends today.

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

These people drive like animals.

Something is wrong with the server.

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

I've never seen the 80s.

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

A guy named Jerry has 20 watermelons in his truck.

Eating peaches with a spoon stinks.

More bugs than expected. 4 stars.

Is that a convertible hearse?

I'm sitting down here with Hot Popcorn Hands.

You can't ship pickles.

Let's talk about donuts.

I want the whole tomato.

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

You have some mustard on your forehead.

Internet Explorer is ruining this.

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

Adam Driver is the Sarah Jessica Parker of men.

I'm wing-dingin' it.

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

Your sweat smells like Dolce & Gabbana.

I forgot outside was a place I could go.

Facebook's telling me I'm fat.

Steve's probably listening to Fiona Apple.

'M', as in Machu Picchu.

I wanna smell how cold it is.

I've been thinking about that wolf tie.

It's a torsional thing.

Let's not get in a fight with a horse.

What kind of shoes, cotton candy?

Please ignore me collating behind you.

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

I've been to New Jersey?

Hot yoga, Steve? No, goat.

You're eating the chicken crust.

Light the content candle!

An ice cream truck drove through this design.

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

It's too Skynrdy.

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

How would you get DNA from Elvis?

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

Have you heard about the whaler-pirate guy?

Beige is not a color.

I'm gonna rock that perm!

I just wanna eat this sandwich.

I am the ghost of Tractor Supply Company.

Sassy Cap'n McBeef O'Brady

Are we going to a place I can wear slippers?

Why is the llama-cam shaking?

There is no reason for Bob Evans.

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

Every time she raises her hand an egg dies.

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

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

You'd suck at being a zombie.

Beige is not an image.

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

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

It was working a minute ago.

I have a weird cheese story for you.

Who is Batman and The Drumstick?

Don't come at me with your popcorn problems.

It reminds me of an old calculator.

I think what we should probably do, is nothing.

It doesn't work in IE.

Stay in your happy little design world.

I keep thinking about that wolf tie.

It's broken.

Where we're going, we don't need rollovers!

Eating beans from a can like a hobo!

Gettin' mean... in a nice way.

I'll die if I smell like a hamster.

Did you just raise the roof on jQuery?

It's like a new Tool album for me.

It was like B-side Tony the Tiger.

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

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

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

Whoa! That's the monkey!

That's a good lookin monkey.

I try not to have too many hobbies.

Stop counting the dents in my can of food.

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

Was that Rod Stewart?

Birthday Mullet Hammer Pants

I call those dinosaurs daddy long necks.

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

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

Well, we have mustaches upstairs.

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

Batteries? Seriously? What is this, 1985?

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

Look at the eyes on that Red-Legged Honeycreeper!

You're always picked last and your pasta smells.

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

All caps, all the time.

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

I just had an Emeril moment.

I'm sorry about the div.

It's what's for dinner.

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

Oh I'm smart! I'm artificial!

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

I can’t type expletives without the expletives.

IE is the DMV of the Internet.

People are weird in the spring, man.

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

I'm gonna crop out the crusty parts.

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

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

It works!

I was just there for the Year of the Spatula.

I know how I like my files: Large.

Like, the food kind, or the magical kind?

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

It wasn't like that a minute ago.

This is not your grandmother's website!

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

Check your email before you put your pants on.

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

Yeah I'm turtlin'!

It smells like the 80s.

The air doesn't taste like pancakes!

Murderer at nine o'clock!

I've never had much luck with rabbits.

She’s like the Taylor Swift of silversmithing.

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

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

Please pray for Mrs. Haskel's tomatoes.

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

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

Steve, you should come look at these sandwich pictures.

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

Activate the chicken!

Not wearing black is Emily's pink.

I want a corn dog scented candle.

Make it extra-white. #GGGGGG

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

These zombies look like cauliflower.

I haven't had a muffler since 2020

I just blew my nose in my notes.

They should do Animal Crossing on the moon.

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

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

It's too Skittly.

I feel like I just try too much sometimes.

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

I once smuggled a Subway footlong in my sweatshirt pocket.

You're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital age.

Always cut toward your innards.

Those stupid little pickles.

I just smelled fries in my head.

My goal is to live until 2085.

Is hot dog one word or two?

I'd rather be Garamond than Papyrus.

I can turn my funks off.

Is toe box one word or two?

There's wine on your motherboard.

My whole life is a circular formula.

No, *YOU* need megadoses of vitamin D.

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

The football game or the moon landing?

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

Salad's nasty.

I wish I could draw RoboCop.

I'm no stranger to a rotten banana.

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

I love mint-forward.

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

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

It's the web equivalent of a junk drawer.

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

There is no light, only Dark Mode.

Where did you live, a coal chute?

I had a pencil sharpener shaped like a boat.

Cat-flavored ice cream?

Can you Swissify it?

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

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

They're switchin' browsers and clearin' cookies!

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

You should watch Labyrinth if you're into Muppets.

Bring it all to the corn dog party!

Then I thought, why not just make it Helvetica?

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

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

Pockets full of coffee.

He sucked at watching TV.

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

The cats came with the man.

It looks, feels, and smells great!

It's like Smash Mouth in the 90's

Can you bring your horse?

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

This tastes like Steve's car.

He's got an eyepatch sorta vibe.

Move. You're where my Diet Coke goes.

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

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

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

But, Saul Bass already used all the good shapes.

Fancy code is the only kind I write.

Remember when you threw décor at me?

It's like drinking a little garden.

I would rather have moist than wet food, thank you very much.

Babies aren't supposed to look like Woody Harrelson.

The dog arrived before the paintings.

Dark Mode is ruining my life.

There are no conifer trees in here.

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

Emotionally, my hands are in my pockets.

My version of a beard is a hat.

Squirrels don't have pants.

There are four purses in my purse.

What's that band? 100 Haircuts?

There's a lot of dirt down here.

The hands are the face of the arm.

I'm out here changing the Internet.

What can I say? I have uncontrollable eyebrows.

No. They don't have budget for robots.

Never get into a fistfight with a puppeteer.