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