Shove-it-Helsinki

April 19, 2002 2:44 AM

Shove-it-Helsinki was recently updated. Miika Saksi is credited for pioneering the Lo-Fi Grunge style. He has been working on the web since he was 15, way back in '95!
posted by riffola (7 comments total)

Here's a web archive snapshot of his now defunct smallprint.net. A great old interview with Miika from SurfStation. K10K's mschmidt calls him a Finnish boy wonder.
posted by riffola at 2:45 AM on April 19, 2002

A fellow Finn done good!

But I don't see the appeal of more graphic schmeck - I know it was all the rage back in 95, but do we need to see it anymore?
posted by mook at 4:23 AM on April 19, 2002

But I don't see the appeal of more graphic schmeck - I know it was all the rage back in 95, but do we need to see it anymore?

I wouldn't quite call it schmeck - that's a portfolio. And a damned good one.
posted by tomcosgrave at 7:29 AM on April 19, 2002

Yes, I agree it's a great portfolio, and his work is excellent. What appeals to some need not appeal to all, design is subjective. Me like Miika.
posted by bittennails at 8:21 AM on April 19, 2002

I always like to add more portfolios of this quality to my bookmarks... Thank you, riffola, and keep them coming.
posted by SpecialK at 8:22 AM on April 19, 2002

He has been working on the web since he was 15, way back in '95!

Ok... now I'm depressed. I have been at this for just as long, we started at the same age, and I still suck at graphics.
I suppose I don't have the "eye." I guess I'll just stick to the coding.
posted by Localemperor at 12:30 PM on April 19, 2002

I've liked all of Miika's sites even if I didn't know his name. The "Lo-fi Grunge Style Pioneer" title goes to David Carson, though.
posted by raaka at 1:05 PM on April 19, 2002