Saiman Miah

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]

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]

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

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