Culture
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 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 hackeysack-er 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 pastries.
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.
Some of us suspect Kory is part robot, but since we rightfully fear robots, we're afraid to ask him if it's true. A real genius and clean code devotee, he drives FORM's programming and makes magic of the web. He's also one heck of a baker, guitar player and Apple junkie. He owns a bacon-scented air freshener and microwaveable pasta boat. He is digitizing his entire DVD collection (he's up to the Gs). There is enough music in Kory's iTunes library to provide astronauts a non-stop soundtrack for 9.3 trips to the Moon.
Though confused by long division and cooking, Teresa can ideate and envisage like nobody's business. She is a trained goldsmith and pines for planishing hammers like most girls pine for shoes. She once met all of Pink Floyd, counted 17 shooting stars, and was seriously injured by a pot pie. When she's not leading FORM, she is probably soldering something, trying to get to Utah, or smelling old books. She likes Icelandic compositional ambient music and spooning with her Boston Terrier, Hugo.
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 beautiful, hand-drawn record of all the flowers her husband has given her. She knows how to collect honey from bees, can make a perfect frosting curlicue while dancing to Pitbull, and has a knack for finding the most inconvenient Airbnbs.
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 sews eyeless puppets, prays to St. Anthony for her lost Roku remote, and plays drums to Radiohead. She’s a big fan of public media, minimalism, and melancholia.
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 managing our 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.
Megan’s third grade one-woman performance of Annie Get Your Gun drew crowds to the backyard. When she's not working on digital marketing for FORM, she enjoys planning charcuterie boards and elaborate theme parties. She prefers the time-step to the single-foot wing and once ran through downtown Tishomingo to rescue Blake Shelton’s dog. Though she does not like the looks of calamari she is a big fan of storytelling, camembert, and the Jonas Brothers. Megan arrived in Cleveland from Nashville with a cup of ambition. Because, Dolly.
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 baking, bottle caps, and classic horror films.
Josh is one of the few people we know who has lived in a shipping container. On purpose. Twice. When he's not leading FORM's design team 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 of 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 Kory's errant Nerf darts. He loves stuff like outer space, red shoes, sriracha sauce, and Tycho.
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 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 is so enamored with technology that, though surrounded by the latest gadgetry, he can’t part with his robust laser disc collection. When he's not leading FORM, he is often skipping stones and building rockets.
Pencil
CloseThe 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:
Teresa, you haven't given me an answer, you've only given me s*!%.”
I've looked at that alpaca all day.”
The cats came with the man.”
Steve, you should come look at these sandwich pictures.”
It works!”
Can I be Josh for Halloween?”
It's like a statue of my dog with a mustache on it.”
I keep thinking about that wolf tie.”
I'm not giving my money to YouTube. YouTube is all horsey and gross.”
No amount of money is worth your husband having a mustache.”
I got this whole thing of Silly Putty stuck on my sleeve.”
C'mon. Lemme see your turkey burgers.”
Her abs look like a turtle shell.”
Don't come at me with your popcorn problems.”
Our sponsors are our butter, our members are our bread.”
I don't recall there being an h in leprechaun.”
It was working a minute ago.”
Adam Driver is the Sarah Jessica Parker of men.”
We have flippage!”
I hate Internet Explorer.”
Can you Swissify it?”
Oooh, it's propagating!”
It reminds me of an old calculator.”
Are pigs becoming extinct?”
It's like, the future.”
It's a pickle wearing a cape; I think it's self-explanatory.”
It wasn't like that a minute ago.”
You wanna do hot dogs Friday?”
I don't know who you think you are, coming up in here with a taco.”
My version of a beard is a hat.”
That's a good lookin monkey.”
Your sweat smells like Dolce & Gabbana.”
Thankfully, Mercury in retrograde ends today.”
The donut button isn't working.”
Have you heard about the whaler-pirate guy?”
Batteries? Seriously? What is this, 1985?”
I said something about sausage, but I don't remember what it was.”
Like, the food kind, or the magical kind?”
Is that horse wearing shorts?”
Beige is not a color.”
Michael do you want something pumpkin-spiced?”
This is too helpful.”
Gettin' mean... in a nice way.”
No, *YOU* need megadoses of vitamin D.”
No. They don't have budget for robots.”
It's too Skittly.”
The wild cheeses grow aplenty here.”
That's why I'm walking away while you look at pictures of Rob Van Dam.”
Was that Rod Stewart?”
Must. Resist. Cacao.”
Is this the collective smell of humanity?”
Helvetica Light makes me think you're lying.”
I try not to have too many hobbies.”
Well. I guess we're having stock photos for lunch.”
'M', as in Machu Picchu.”
Squirrels don't have pants.”
It's dark and gloomy with zombies, but I think I'll keep my sunglasses on.”
I just wanna eat this sandwich.”
The 80's called and they want their wine back.”
I'm dealing with some very important kangaroo things right now.”
A pickle chip got caught in the wheels of my chair.”
Oh, sorry! I'll just rewrite the Web.”
400 pounds plus adrenaline, and I could flip a car, easy.”
Activate the chicken!”
I've been to New Jersey?”
I can handle a lot of Jeff Bridges in one movie.”
Remember when you threw décor at me?”
Why'd you put me out like that about the Lion King?”
I was working, until I got distracted by this Madonna song.”
I'd rather be Garamond than Papyrus.”
My middle toe went numb and I thought I had something in my shoe.”
How would you get DNA from Elvis?”
It's like an easy bake oven for adults who like chicken.”
I wanna smell how cold it is.”
Did you say "jQuery" or "Katie Perry"?”
The meatball machine is broken.”
What can I say? I have uncontrollable eyebrows.”
A person can be positive, AND also inappropriate.”
I'm wing-dingin' it.”
It's like The Sixth Sense, but with tacos.”
I'm gonna make websites out of wood.”
There are no conifer trees in here.”
You can't ship pickles.”
Something is wrong with the server.”
He's magic. He's practically a leprechaun.”
I'll die if I smell like a hamster.”
Look at the eyes on that Red-Legged Honeycreeper!”
I just smelled fries in my head.”
Is hot dog one word or two?”
I only got to Utah before I quit.”
I don't think real cowboys do this much ironing.”
Try not to make it too caskety.”
It's like if I had muscles but with quarters.”
This sushi is quite delicious. If you like the taste of death.”
Beige is not an image.”
Emotionally, my hands are in my pockets.”
I'm gonna rock that perm!”
I wish I could draw RoboCop.”
Let's talk about donuts. ”
Eating peaches with a spoon stinks.”
I just keep making ears by accident.”
I can't wait to put that on a T-shirt.”
Salad's nasty.”
It's like a pair of pants, for your car.”
Mister-I'm-Never-Wrong!”
Look at his bag of hot dog boxes on the floor!”
I don't like the weather tellin' me what to do.”
I had a pencil sharpener shaped like a boat.”
...And that is why you don't wear sandals to Blossom.”
Who is Batman and The Drumstick?”
It doesn't work in Safari.”
I'm not trying to make my turnips rot you guys.”
Then I thought, why not just make it Helvetica?”
No cults or dying, please. It's Friday.”
It's too sausagy.”
Sassy Cap'n McBeef O'Brady”
Internet Explorer is ruining this.”
I'm sorry I'm not a sock connoisseur.”
I just had an Emeril moment.”
You look at your astronaut food. I'm gonna work.”
You see that giant hot dog?”
Why is the llama-cam shaking?”
I had some chicken wings in my car that I was going to give you. ”
Steve's probably listening to Fiona Apple.”
I don't foresee whales having cell phones.”
I'm sitting down here with Hot Popcorn Hands.”
I've never had much luck with rabbits.”
There are four purses in my purse.”
Those stupid little pickles.”
One time I set myself on fire.”
Let's see, so the chicken goes in the middle...”
I just blew my nose in my notes.”
If the Long Island Medium were here, she'd freak out.”
This knob makes me want to get drunk.”
(on St. Patrick's Day) Happy Thanksgiving!”
I know how I like my files: Large.”
It's not urgent, aside from the building being on fire.”
I can tell by the look on your face that you're not going to be of any help.”
It'll be in the Someone Said that's in your heart.”
Location ID = 23 Bread Bowl = False (AKA: The Breadbowl Module is Broken.)”
I've been here before - I was looking for a baby!”
Wait 'til I get this gas station food, then order in.”
Please ignore me collating behind you.”
This tastes like Steve's car.”
I'm programming in my head.”
That's why I don't eat it out of a can; I eat it out of a bag.”
Is that a convertible hearse?”
I mean, how much Jeff Bridges can you have in one movie?”
That's just how I like my mugs: Cheap and Swiss.”
Move. You're where my Diet Coke goes.”
Rhinos are a big deal.”
How much bread would it take to feed a scorpion for a week?”
They're switchin' browsers and clearin' cookies!”
Why is there a piece of cheese in my purse?”
But, Saul Bass already used all the good shapes.”
You do seem like the type of guy who'd drink pickle juice.”
It's like Top Chef, but with vodka.”
I can't solve a three-year-old's bee jokes.”
I can still smell Steve.”
I don't like wearing pants.”
Fancy code is the only kind I write.”
An ice cream truck drove through this design.”
What don't you think should be converted into a fish tank?”
PBS is very : colon-y.”
All caps, all the time.”
I'd go to a goat rodeo.”
I want the whole tomato.”
Those weren't professional quality mustaches.”
If it's not moist, I'm not interested in having it thrown on my desk.”
I found Pickle Doritos at a rest stop.”
It doesn't work in IE.”
I switched to the California Raisins pillowcase last night.”
I'm going to look up thesaurus in the dictionary.”
I'm going to pull out the Real Joe Pesci Hat.”
I'd try human. (on the topic of cannibalism)”
I'm just not used to Kory wearing pants.”
There's a lot of dirt down here.”
It's like a clown car of drawers.”
There is no reason for Bob Evans.”
Entertainment Tonight is where dreams go to die.”
This phone call is messing up my hair.”
It's a torsional thing.”
You can't out-do the fish with sneakers.”
Did you just raise the roof on jQuery?”
Whoa! That's the monkey!”
I'm thinking like four, maybe five steps ahead of you.”
My goal is to live until 2085.”
In Belgium, there's a tax for things that are too multitasky.”
It's like, I read books, but I also party.”
I want a corn dog scented candle.”
You're always picked last and your pasta smells.”
It smells like the 80s.”
I feel like I just try too much sometimes.”
If you had a hot dog roller and went shopping for sausages, things might change.”
Did I do that during the pandemic?”
I don't want to chase the red sweater. I just want to buy the red sweater.”
I didn't want to spend $40 on a banana costume.”
I’m getting a full-on chest plate tattoo of FORM riding on the back of a magical unicorn to show my appreciation.”
I'm bringing iFrames back.”
Acknowledge my math!”
Are we going to a place I can wear slippers?”
I'm out here changing the Internet.”
I can't juggle a fish, that's for sure.”
What's that band? 100 Haircuts?”
I'm no stranger to a rotten banana.”
The air doesn't taste like pancakes!”
Stop counting the dents in my can of food.”
Your hat smells like bologna.”
If this were a book, I would totally read it.”
It should be a little Burt Reynolds.”
Pockets full of coffee.”
Never get into a fistfight with a puppeteer.”
There's wine on your motherboard.”
I think I'm gonna have to set something on fire.”
I don't want this bacon on here any more.”
You just have to hope for the best until it doesn't happen.”
There's a lot of outer space.”
I bought a Chewbacca shirt but I keep forgetting to wear it.”
How am I supposed to get through my workday when I have to take care of all these tiny people in my phone?”
Come and get it, Sammy Hagar!”
Facebook's telling me I'm fat.”
That horse looks like Burt Russel Crowe.”
I'm sorry about the div.”
Well, we have mustaches upstairs.”
I'm trying to use your design elements but I'm not sure I like them.”
I am the ghost of Tractor Supply Company. (spooky voice)”
They'll do anything for a ribbon and a hamburger.”
It's broken.”
You reach into your heart and pull out a potholder.”
I've been thinking about that wolf tie.”
It looks, feels, and smells great!”
Long story short... I'm a genius, and we don't need a new Roomba.”
Why'd you walk over here like stone cold Steve Austin?”
This is not your grandmother's website!”
These people drive like animals.”
Murderer at nine o'clock!”
IE is the DMV of the Internet.”
I'm not at a place in my heart where I can eat a bear.”
1-2-3 Cheeseburger Lane!”
I've never seen the 80s.”
Always cut toward your innards.”
Steve, let's go somewhere, just you and me.”
It's too Skynrdy.”
You're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital age.”
Lower case "m" is the best letter.”
It's like, the Jedi.”
