Saiman Miah

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Saiman Miah
Saiman Miah at the Olympic coin celebration ceremony
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Residence Moseley, Birmingham,
West Midlands, England
Nationality British/Bangladeshi
Ethnicity Bangladeshi
Citizenship British Bangladeshi
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 British Bangladeshi architect and graphic designer, who designed the Royal Mint for London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Early life

Miah’s 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]

Career

Saiman Miah with the 2012 London Olympic coin

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]

After graduation Saiman Miah has worked with Richard Rogers, D5 Architects LLP and Urban Synthesis Ltd. Later, he started his own architectural practice. 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]

Awards and recognition

  • Winner, Royal Mint Olypmic Coin Design; August 2011
  • Greenbook award for Major Project, June 2009
  • Special Acknowledgement Award at the Channel S Awards, April 2012[20]
  • Winner, BSA Pavilion competition; September 2008
  • Winner, BSA Negative space, June 2007
  • Runner up, De Montfort design Charette; May 2007

See also

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. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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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