Saiman Miah
British Bangladeshi architect and graphic designer (born 1986)
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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.
Saiman Miah | |
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সায়মান মিয়া | |
| Born | 7 December 1986 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Education | Architecture |
| Alma mater | Bournville Centre for Visual Arts Birmingham School of Architecture |
| Occupations | Architectural designer, graphic designer |
| Website | saimanmiah |
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]