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
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 pines for hammers, anvils, and antique work benches. 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 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.
An avid athlete and outdoorswoman, Jessica’s favorite hobby is more hobbies. Hiker, painter, swimmer, actor, flutist, cat rescuer– she aims to kinda crush it with everything she tries. She loves Sichuan cuisine and has a designated color palette for all activities (Pantone 267 and 279 for climbing, obvs.) When she isn’t managing our digital marketing, Jessi might be drawing photorealistic zebras, accidentally camping on mountainsides, or loudly singing show tunes. She loves film and would read more books if she could do it while salsa dancing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When she’s not helping our clients with web maintenance or digital marketing, Jessica can be found paddleboarding on Lake Erie, solo traveling in the wild, and thrifting for mid-century knick knacks. 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.
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 guides FORM's programming team 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.
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 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 Kory's errant Nerf darts. He loves stuff like outer space, red shoes, sriracha sauce, and Tycho.
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.
Airport
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:
I am the ghost of Tractor Supply Company.”
I keep thinking about that wolf tie.”
You're always picked last and your pasta smells.”
Babies aren't supposed to look like Woody Harrelson. ”
I'm not giving my money to YouTube. YouTube is all horsey and gross.”
I can handle a lot of Jeff Bridges in one movie.”
I don't think real cowboys do this much ironing.”
My whole life is a circular formula.”
I don't like the weather tellin' me what to do.”
Steve, you should come look at these sandwich pictures.”
Is that horse wearing shorts?”
Your sweat smells like Dolce & Gabbana.”
I think what we should plan to do, is nothing.”
You just have to hope for the best until it doesn't happen.”
That's a good lookin monkey.”
They have that dirty ketchup money”
Beige is not a color.”
Like, the food kind, or the magical kind?”
It smells like the 80s.”
The 80's called and they want their wine back.”
I can tell by the look on your face that you're not going to be of any help.”
The dog arrived before the paintings.”
Is this the collective smell of humanity?”
Long story short... I'm a genius, and we don't need a new Roomba.”
I'm thinking like four, maybe five steps ahead of you.”
I have a weird cheese story for you.”
I'm gonna rock that perm!”
I said something about sausage, but I don't remember what it was.”
The air doesn't taste like pancakes!”
Rhinos are a big deal.”
It doesn't work in IE.”
Steve, let's go somewhere, just you and me.”
Come and get it, Sammy Hagar!”
It's like, I read books, but I also party.”
Why'd you walk over here like Stone Cold Steve Austin?”
I mean, how much Jeff Bridges can you have in one movie?”
That's why I'm walking away while you look at pictures of Rob Van Dam.”
Look at the eyes on that Red-Legged Honeycreeper!”
Let's talk about donuts. ”
It's like, the future.”
This is too helpful.”
These people drive like animals.”
PBS is very : colon-y.”
Why'd you put me out like that about the Lion King?”
What's that band? 100 Haircuts?”
Fancy code is the only kind I write.”
Entertainment Tonight is where dreams go to die.”
Can you bring your horse?”
I know how I like my files: Large.”
It's like an easy bake oven for adults who like chicken.”
Squirrels don't have pants.”
It's like The Sixth Sense, but with tacos.”
It looks, feels, and smells great!”
Is hot dog one word or two?”
I'm sorry I'm not a sock connoisseur.”
I'm no stranger to a rotten banana.”
What can I say? I have uncontrollable eyebrows.”
It's like a pair of pants, for your car.”
I can't wait to put that on a T-shirt.”
Activate the chicken!”
If it's not moist, I'm not interested in having it thrown on my desk.”
It's like if I had muscles but with quarters.”
There are four purses in my purse.”
I've been to New Jersey?”
Are pigs becoming extinct?”
If this were a book, I would totally read it.”
This sushi is quite delicious. If you like the taste of death.”
...And that is why you don't wear sandals to Blossom.”
It's like Top Chef, but with vodka.”
You do seem like the type of guy who'd drink pickle juice.”
I got this whole thing of Silly Putty stuck on my sleeve.”
I bought a Chewbacca shirt but I keep forgetting to wear it.”
There are no conifer trees in here.”
I had some chicken wings in my car that I was going to give you. ”
I don't want this bacon on here any more.”
'M', as in Machu Picchu.”
1-2-3 Cheeseburger Lane!”
Have you heard about the whaler-pirate guy?”
You see that giant hot dog?”
Stop counting the dents in my can of food.”
No, *YOU* need megadoses of vitamin D.”
Her abs look like a turtle shell.”
But, Saul Bass already used all the good shapes.”
I'm gonna make websites out of wood.”
This is not your grandmother's website!”
I had a pencil sharpener shaped like a boat.”
The wild cheeses grow aplenty here.”
Why is there a piece of cheese in my purse?”
Lower case "m" is the best letter.”
Your hat smells like bologna.”
There's a lot of outer space.”
Also, they have a great toe box.”
Did you say "jQuery" or "Katie Perry"?”
Gettin' mean... in a nice way.”
A guy named Jerry has 20 watermelons in his truck.”
Well, we have mustaches upstairs.”
I just wanna eat this sandwich.”
Oh I'm smart! I'm artificial!”
I didn't want to spend $40 on a banana costume.”
I don't want to chase the red sweater. I just want to buy the red sweater.”
No. They don't have budget for robots.”
That's why I don't eat it out of a can; I eat it out of a bag.”
I'm out here changing the Internet.”
Emotionally, my hands are in my pockets.”
I'm trying to figure out what kind of harvester to use for canola.”
I can't juggle a fish, that's for sure.”
I’m getting a full-on chest plate tattoo of FORM riding on the back of a magical unicorn to show my appreciation.”
I try not to have too many hobbies.”
Helvetica Light makes me think you're lying.”
Oooh, it's propagating!”
It's a torsional thing.”
I can't solve a three-year-old's bee jokes.”
400 pounds plus adrenaline, and I could flip a car, easy.”
Please pray for Mrs. Haskel's tomatoes.”
Don't come at me with your popcorn problems.”
Can I be Josh for Halloween?”
Batteries? Seriously? What is this, 1985?”
In Belgium, there's a tax for things that are too multitasky.”
A pickle chip got caught in the wheels of my chair.”
I'm sitting down here with Hot Popcorn Hands.”
There's wine on your motherboard.”
You look at your astronaut food. I'm gonna work.”
Acknowledge my math!”
Make it extra-white. #GGGGGG”
Never get into a fistfight with a puppeteer.”
It's too Skynrdy.”
I'm trying to use your design elements but I'm not sure I like them.”
It's too sausagy.”
I'm dealing with some very important kangaroo things right now.”
Something is wrong with the server.”
Was that Rod Stewart?”
I think what we should probably do, is nothing.”
I can still smell Steve.”
I'm programming in my head.”
The meatball machine is broken.”
Who is Batman and The Drumstick?”
I've never had much luck with rabbits.”
Wait 'til I get this gas station food, then order in.”
I tried the peanut butter trick with Jelly before.”
Pockets full of coffee.”
No amount of money is worth your husband having a mustache.”
There is no reason for Bob Evans.”
How much bread would it take to feed a scorpion for a week?”
I'll die if I smell like a hamster.”
I have an item of boot business to discuss.”
How would you get DNA from Elvis?”
I hate Internet Explorer.”
My version of a beard is a hat.”
Eating peaches with a spoon stinks.”
It's dark and gloomy with zombies, but I think I'll keep my sunglasses on.”
I don't know who you think you are, coming up in here with a taco.”
No cults or dying, please. It's Friday.”
I switched to the California Raisins pillowcase last night.”
Teresa, you haven't given me an answer, you've only given me s*!%.”
I just smelled fries in my head.”
One time I set myself on fire.”
This tastes like Steve's car.”
I'm trying to think of a more magical word for practical.”
You forgot the witch supplies!”
Mister-I'm-Never-Wrong!”
It wasn't like that a minute ago.”
My middle toe went numb and I thought I had something in my shoe.”
Well. I guess we're having stock photos for lunch.”
Whoa! That's the monkey!”
I'm going to pull out the Real Joe Pesci Hat.”
He's magic. He's practically a leprechaun.”
Our sponsors are our butter, our members are our bread.”
I'm wing-dingin' it.”
I feel like I just try too much sometimes.”
We have flippage!”
I just had an Emeril moment.”
I've been here before - I was looking for a baby!”
How am I supposed to get through my workday when I have to take care of all these tiny people in my phone?”
I think I'm gonna have to set something on fire.”
Beige is not an image.”
An ice cream truck drove through this design.”
Facebook's telling me I'm fat.”
I'd go to a goat rodeo.”
A person can be positive, AND also inappropriate.”
I just keep making ears by accident.”
I wanna smell how cold it is.”
I only got to Utah before I quit.”
Murderer at nine o'clock!”
The conference template fills me with dread.”
Salad's nasty.”
I'd rather be Garamond than Papyrus.”
I'm going to look up thesaurus in the dictionary.”
I've looked at that alpaca all day.”
The donut button isn't working.”
Oh, sorry! I'll just rewrite the Web.”
Look at his bag of hot dog boxes on the floor!”
They'll do anything for a ribbon and a hamburger.”
If you had a hot dog roller and went shopping for sausages, things might change.”
It works!”
What don't you think should be converted into a fish tank?”
I can get behind an animal with a handlebar mustache.”
IE is the DMV of the Internet.”
I'm not at a place in my heart where I can eat a bear.”
Can you Swissify it?”
All caps, all the time.”
This phone call is messing up my hair.”
Always cut toward your innards.”
Adam Driver is the Sarah Jessica Parker of men.”
You're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital age.”
It's a pickle wearing a cape; I think it's self-explanatory.”
My goal is to live until 2085.”
You wanna do hot dogs Friday?”
Please ignore me collating behind you.”
I don't like wearing pants.”
(on St. Patrick's Day) Happy Thanksgiving!”
They're switchin' browsers and clearin' cookies!”
Cat-flavored ice cream?”
It'll be in the Someone Said that's in your heart.”
This knob makes me want to get drunk.”
Those stupid little pickles.”
I don't foresee whales having cell phones.”
Thankfully, Mercury in retrograde ends today.”
Must. Resist. Cacao.”
Move. You're where my Diet Coke goes.”
It's not urgent, aside from the building being on fire.”
You reach into your heart and pull out a potholder.”
Steve's probably listening to Fiona Apple.”
Sassy Cap'n McBeef O'Brady”
Dark Mode is ruining my life.”
Are we going to a place I can wear slippers?”
I don't recall there being an h in leprechaun.”
I'm sorry about the div.”
Then I thought, why not just make it Helvetica?”
It's like a statue of my dog with a mustache on it.”
Did you just raise the roof on jQuery?”
I found Pickle Doritos at a rest stop.”
That's just how I like my mugs: Cheap and Swiss.”
Why is the llama-cam shaking?”
I was working, until I got distracted by this Madonna song.”
Michael do you want something pumpkin-spiced?”
I'm bringing iFrames back.”
It reminds me of an old calculator.”
I've never seen the 80s.”
I'm not trying to make my turnips rot you guys.”
I'm just not used to Kory wearing pants.”
Internet Explorer is ruining this.”
I just blew my nose in my notes.”
Let's see, so the chicken goes in the middle...”
You can't ship pickles.”
You can't out-do the fish with sneakers.”
Try not to make it too caskety.”
It should be a little Burt Reynolds.”
If the Long Island Medium were here, she'd freak out.”
I've been thinking about that wolf tie.”
I want a corn dog scented candle.”
There is no light, only Dark Mode.”
I wish I could draw RoboCop.”
The Muppets are my Downton Abbey.”
Did I do that during the pandemic?”
I need a more magical word for "practical."”
Those weren't professional quality mustaches.”
It's like a clown car of drawers.”
It's too Skittly.”
Remember when you threw décor at me?”
It was working a minute ago.”
Is that a convertible hearse?”
I want the whole tomato.”
It's broken.”
It's like, the Jedi.”
I'd try human. (on the topic of cannibalism)”
Location ID = 23 Bread Bowl = False (AKA: The Breadbowl Module is Broken.)”
That horse looks like Burt Russel Crowe.”
The cats came with the man.”
C'mon. Lemme see your turkey burgers.”
There's a lot of dirt down here.”
It doesn't work in Safari.”
Is toe box one word or two?”
You're eating the chicken crust.”
