Saiman Miah ( bn, সায়মান মিয়া; born 7 December 1986) is a

British Bangladeshi British Bangladeshis ( bn, বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী, Bilatī Bangladeshī) are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation. The term ...

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and

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. He designed one of the two £5

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s for the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Early life

Miah's parents immigrated from

Sylhet District Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট), located in north-east Bangladesh, is the divisional capital and one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division. History Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Pro ...

, Bangladesh. 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 , mottoeng = "Do what you are doing; attend to your business" , established = 1992—gained university status1971—City of Birmingham Polytechnic1843— Birmingham College of Art , type = Public , affiliation = ...

Birmingham City University Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic in 1971 and gai ...

Career

In November 2011, Miah's design was chosen as the official £5 coin for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. He won £5,000 prize money as one of the winners of the

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competition for art and design students attending higher education colleges and universities across the UK to come up with a commemorative design celebrating London's role as the host city of the Summer Olympics. In September 2014, Miah was interviewed by Nadia Ali on

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about his design project in Sylhet.

Awards and recognition

In April 2012, Miah received a Special Acknowledgement Award at the

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Awards.

Personal life

Miah lives in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Saiman Miah He is a

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and is married.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miah, Saiman 1986 births Living people Academics of Birmingham City University Alumni of Birmingham City University Alumni of Birmingham Institute of Art and Design English designers English Muslims Bangladeshi Muslims English people of Bangladeshi descent People from Moseley 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Bengalis