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