Saiman Miah
Saiman Miah (born 7 December 1986) is a British Bangladeshi architect and graphic designer. He designed one of the two £5 commemorative coins for the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Saiman Miah
- Name
- Saiman Miah
- Born
- 7 December 1986
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Education
- Architecture
- Occupation
- Architectural designer, graphic designer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English · Sylheti
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Saiman Miah (born 7 December 1986) is a British Bangladeshi architect and graphic designer. He designed one of the two £5 commemorative coins for the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
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• Name — Saiman Miah • Native Name — সায়মান মিয়া • Born — 7 December 1986 • Birthplace — Birmingham, West Midlands, England • Education — Architecture • Alma Mater — Bournville Centre for Visual Arts Birmingham School of Architecture • Occupation — Architectural designer, graphic designer • Website — saimanmiah.com/
Early life
Early life
Miah's parents immigrated from Sylhet District, Bangladesh. He grew up in inner city Birmingham and moved to Moseley at the age of 11. Miah completed BA (Hons) in architecture in 2009 and a master's in architecture in 2012 at the Birmingham School of Architecture of Birmingham City University.
Career
Career
In November 2011, Miah's design was chosen as the official £5 coin for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. He won £5,000 prize money as one of the winners of the Royal Mint competition for art and design students attending higher education colleges and universities across the UK to come up with a commemorative design celebrating London's role as the host city of the Summer Olympics. In September 2014, Miah was interviewed by Nadia Ali on BBC Asian Network about his design project in Sylhet.
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Personal life
Miah lives in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. He is a Muslim and is married.
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In April 2012, Miah received a Special Acknowledgement Award at the Channel S Awards.
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- 1.Bangla Wire. A Bangladesh-born architecture student's design has been selected as the official commemorative coin of London Olympics 2012. March 2016.
- 2.Bdnews24.com. Bangladeshi designs London Olympic coin. 17 November 2011.
- 3.BBC News. London 2012 £5 coin design success for Midlands pair. 14 November 2011.
- 4.Magnay, Jacquelin. London 2012 Olympics: Royal Mint to produce £5 coins. The Daily Telegraph. 14 November 2011.
- 5.Operation Black Vote. Saiman Miah's design to appear on Olympic coin. 16 November 2011.
- 6.London 2012 Olympics £5 coins unveiled. Daily Mirror. 14 November 2011.
- 7.British Bangladeshi Power 100. Emerging Influence. January 2012.
- 8.Metro. Commemorative £5 coins for 2012 Olympics and Paralympics unveiled. 14 November 2011.
- 9.Birmingham City University student's dream of gold comes true. The Birmingham Gazette. 2 June 2011.
- 10.Asian Image. Saiman Miah design chosen for Olympic coins. 14 November 2011.
- 11.Student wins Olympic silver for coin design. The Independent. 14 November 2011.
- 12.Manchester Wired. London 2012 coin design success for Midlands' designers. 14 November 2011.
- 13.BBC News. London 2012: Winning design. 14 November 2011.
- 14.Able. Design Students Dreams of Gold Come True. 14 November 2011.
- 15.BBC Asian Network. Architectural Designer Saiman Miah. 28 October 2014.
- 16.Channel S Awards 2012 -the Winners. The Sylhet Times. 3 April 2012.
- 17.Shama, Saveem. 21 Anniversary Supplement. The Daily Star.
- 18.Desi Express. Birmingham Design Student's Dream of Gold comes true. 15 November 2011.
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