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