Saiman Miah

Saiman Miah
Native name সায়মান মিয়া
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Residence Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Nationality British
Education Architecture
Alma mater Bournville Centre for Visual Arts
Birmingham School of Architecture
Occupation Architectural designer, graphic designer
Website saimanmiah.com

Saiman Miah (Bengali: সায়মান মিয়া; born 7 December 1986) is an English architectural designer and graphic designer. He designed one of the two £5 commemorative coins for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Early life

Miah's parents immigrated from Sylhet Division, Bangladesh.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]

Career

In November 2011,[6][7] Miah's design was chosen as the official £5 coin for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.[8] He won £5,000 prize money[9] as one of the winners of the Royal Mint competition for art and design students[10][11][12][13] attending higher education colleges and universities across the UK[14] to come up with a commemorative design celebrating London's role as the host city of the Olympic Games.[15]

In September 2014, Miah was interviewed by Nadia Ali on BBC Asian Network about his design project in Sylhet.[16]

Awards and recognition

In April 2012, Miah received a Special Acknowledgement Award at the Channel S Awards.[17]

Personal life

Miah lives in Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[18][19] He is a Muslim and is twice married.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "A Bangladesh-born architecture student's design has been selected as the official commemorative coin of London Olympics 2012". Bangladesh: Bangla Wire. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bangladeshi designs London Olympic coin". Bangladesh: Bdnews24.com. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "London 2012 £5 coin design success for Midlands pair". BBC News. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Magnay, Jacquelin (14 November 2011). "London 2012 Olympics: Royal Mint to produce £5 coins". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Saiman Miah's design to appear on Olympic coin". Operation Black Vote. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "London 2012 Olympics £5 coins unveiled". Daily Mirror. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Pollard, Chris (14 November 2011). "Olympic £5 coins unveiled". The Sun. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Emerging Influence". British Bangladeshi Power 100. January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Commemorative £5 coins for 2012 Olympics and Paralympics unveiled". Metro. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Birmingham City University student's dream of gold comes true". The Birmingham Gazette. Birmingham. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Saiman Miah design chosen for Olympic coins". Asian Image. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Student wins Olympic silver for coin design". The Independent. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "London 2012 coin design success for Midlands' designers". Manchester: Manchester Wired. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "London 2012: Winning design". BBC News. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Design Students Dreams of Gold Come True". Glasgow: Able. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  16. 1 2 "Architectural Designer Saiman Miah". BBC Asian Network. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Channel S Awards 2012 -the Winners". The Sylhet Times. Sylhet. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  18. ↑ Shama, Saveem. "21 Anniversary Supplement". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 31 May 2012. Saiman Miah
  19. ↑ "Birmingham Design Student's Dream of Gold comes true". Birmingham: Desi Express. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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