Saiman Miah

Saiman Miah
Saiman Miah at the Olympic coin celebration ceremony
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 26)
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Residence Moseley, Birmingham,
West Midlands, England
Nationality Bangladeshi
Ethnicity Bengali
Citizenship British
Education Architecture
Alma mater Birmingham School of Architecture
Occupation Architect, graphic designer
Religion Islam
Website
SaimanMiah.com

Saiman Miah (born 7 December 1986) is a Bangladeshi-born British architect and graphic designer, who designed the £5 Olympic coins for London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Early life

Miah’s and his parents immigrated from Sylhet, Bangladesh.[1][2] He lives in Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[3][4]

Saiman Miah completed his graduation on Visual communication from Bournville Centre for Visual Arts in 2006.[5][6] He completed BA(Hons) in Architecture in 2009 and Masters in Architecture in 2012 at Birmingham School of Architecture, Birmingham City University.[7][8][9]

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Career

In November 2011,[10][11] Miah’s design was chosen as the official £5 coin for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.[12] He won £5,000 prize money[13] as one of the winners of the Royal Mint competition for art and design students[14][15][16] attending higher education colleges and universities across the United Kingdom[17] to come up with a commemorative design celebrating London’s role as the host city of the Olympic Games.[18]

Saiman Miah currently is a faculty member at Birmingham School of Architecture. He has worked on multi-million pound residential, social housing and urban design projects in UK and China.[12] He is also a professional graphic designer.[19]

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Awards and recognition

In April 2012, Miah won a Special Acknowledgement Award at the Channel S Awards.[20]

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See also

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