Saiman Miah

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

Saiman Miah
সায়মান মিয়া
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
NationalityBritish
EducationArchitecture
Alma materBournville Centre for Visual Arts
Birmingham School of Architecture
OccupationArchitectural designer, graphic designer
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2013-present
Subscribers8
Total views1,286
Updated: 29 July 2020
Websitesaimanmiah.com

Early life

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 Architecture of Birmingham City University.[3][4][5]

Career

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 Ali on BBC Asian Network about his design project in Sylhet.[15]

Awards and recognition

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

Personal life

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

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. Archived from the original on 19 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. "Emerging Influence". British Bangladeshi Power 100. January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  8. "Commemorative £5 coins for 2012 Olympics and Paralympics unveiled". Metro. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  9. "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.
  10. "Saiman Miah design chosen for Olympic coins". Asian Image. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  11. "Student wins Olympic silver for coin design". The Independent. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  12. "London 2012 coin design success for Midlands' designers". Manchester: Manchester Wired. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  13. "London 2012: Winning design". BBC News. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  14. "Design Students Dreams of Gold Come True". Glasgow: Able. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  15. "Architectural Designer Saiman Miah". BBC Asian Network. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  16. "Channel S Awards 2012 -the Winners". The Sylhet Times. Sylhet. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  17. Shama, Saveem. "21 Anniversary Supplement". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 31 May 2012. Saiman Miah
  18. "Birmingham Design Student's Dream of Gold comes true". Birmingham: Desi Express. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.