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Saiman Miah
সায়মান মিয়া
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 37)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
NationalityBritish
EducationArchitecture
Alma materBournville Centre for Visual Arts
Birmingham School of Architecture
Occupation(s)Architectural designer, graphic designer

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Saiman Miah (Bengali: সায়মান মিয়া; 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.

Early life[edit]

Miah's parents immigrated from Sylhet District, 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 ArchitectureofBirmingham City University.[3][4][5]

Career[edit]

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

In September 2014, Miah was interviewed by Nadia AlionBBC Asian Network about his design project in Sylhet.[15]

Awards and recognition[edit]

In April 2012, Miah received a Special Acknowledgement Award at the Channel S Awards.[16]

Personal life[edit]

Miah lives in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[17][18] He is a Muslim and is married.[15]

References[edit]

  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.[dead link]
  • ^ "Bangladeshi designs London Olympic coin". Bangladesh: Bdnews24.com. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "London 2012 £5 coin design success for Midlands pair". BBC News. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  • ^ Magnay, Jacquelin (14 November 2011). "London 2012 Olympics: Royal Mint to produce £5 coins". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Saiman Miah's design to appear on Olympic coin". Operation Black Vote. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "London 2012 Olympics £5 coins unveiled". Daily Mirror. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Emerging Influence". British Bangladeshi Power 100. January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Commemorative £5 coins for 2012 Olympics and Paralympics unveiled". Metro. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Birmingham City University student's dream of gold comes true". The Birmingham Gazette. Birmingham. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Saiman Miah design chosen for Olympic coins". Asian Image. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Student wins Olympic silver for coin design". The Independent. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "London 2012 coin design success for Midlands' designers". Manchester: Manchester Wired. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "London 2012: Winning design". BBC News. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ "Design Students Dreams of Gold Come True". Glasgow: Able. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • ^ a b "Architectural Designer Saiman Miah". BBC Asian Network. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  • ^ "Channel S Awards 2012 -the Winners". The Sylhet Times. Sylhet. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  • ^ Shama, Saveem. "21 Anniversary Supplement". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 31 May 2012. Saiman Miah
  • ^ "Birmingham Design Student's Dream of Gold comes true". Birmingham: Desi Express. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  • External links[edit]


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