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