About Function + Form
What Is a Learning Experience?
A learning experience is what happens when your audience truly gets it—not just hearing the information, but remembering it, acting on it, and feeling more confident because of it.
Whether you're onboarding clients, sharing your method, or facilitating a group workshop, a learning experience turns your knowledge into something usable, meaningful, and worth returning to.
This approach isn’t limited to classrooms. It belongs in therapy practices, creative businesses, community spaces, and service-based systems.
At Function + Form, learning is the lens we use to build clarity, trust, and sustainable momentum into everything we design.
Who We Are
Function + Form is a Experience-Driven Learning Practice that transforms deep expertise into clear, engaging, and human-first experiences.
We partner with creatives, educators, therapists, and consultants to turn their insight into usable tools—like onboarding systems, curriculum, knowledge hubs, and learning-forward websites.
We blend instructional strategy, systems thinking, and intentional design to make learning intuitive, accessible, and aligned with how you actually work.
Why It Works
Learning doesn’t just support your business—it amplifies it.
When your audience understands how to engage with your offerings, they stay longer, refer more people, and get more out of your work.
Studies show that:
People forget 50% of new information within an hour without reinforcement
Businesses with client education programs see 56% higher retention
Well-supported users generate 34% more lifetime value and 22% higher satisfaction
Our job? Make the experience of learning from you feel seamless—and unforgettable.
Our Approach: The Function + Form Method
We use a simple but powerful learning-centered process:
→ Learn
We begin by listening—understanding your content, audience, and goals.
→ Apply
We co-create learning tools, systems, and experiences that support your vision.
→ Solve
We deliver strategic, sustainable solutions you can actually use and grow with.
This framework helps every project stay rooted in purpose, clarity, and flow.
Meet the Founder: Sharon Garrett
Function + Form was founded by Sharon Garrett, an instructional designer, creative strategist, and learning systems expert based in Rogers Park, Chicago.
Sharon has spent over a decade helping businesses and practitioners organize their ideas into clear, usable, and deeply human learning experiences. She continues to lead projects while collaborating with a growing network of designers, writers, and educators.
Want to learn more about Sharon’s background, creativity, and approach?
Ready to Build?
Whether you're starting with scattered notes or a fully-formed vision, we can help you shape it into something structured, sustainable, and completely yours.