News
20/07/10 - NEW: Time Piece Wall Competition for ICV Melbourne Prayer Hall
This Time Piece Wall is a reminder of the essence of time.
DESYPHER Gallery invites you to submit an artwork for a ‘Time Piece Wall’ which would be installed permanently at the ICV Melbourne main Prayer Hall. The building is located on 66 Jeffcott Street, Melbourne 3003 Victoria, Australia.
This is an exciting competition for the artist and designer in you to explore the relationship and interaction between ‘art and architecture’. Architecture is a repository for art, where art is expressed in architecture. The entry should express how art and architecture affect and are affected by each other and adds to the current global debate between the ‘container’ and the ‘contents’.
Please go to our Gallery session for details.
19/07/10 - Desypher’s Qibla Wall was finalist in New Jersey, USA
DESYPHER’s entry to the Art in Architecture Competition for the new Contemporary Art Centre, New Jersey has been selected for the final and juried into the exhibition. The entry depicts the Qibla Wall at the University of Melbourne new prayer hall as a collograph, combining modern calligraphy with its layering effect of steel mesh and laser-cut steel patterns, transcending time and space beyond the wall.
06/07/10 - Visit to Kuala Lumpur in June 2010
Principal Director Issam Nabulsi presented to TAKMIR Education Foundation at ABIM College in Kajang, Malaysia. and President of ABIM, Muhammad Razak Idris. The focus was on an integrated educational facilities and the role of architecture and the environment in our education.
31/05/10 - ROOTS Exhibition Opening – Crooked Rib Art on 21 May 2010
The ROOTS exhibition was opened on Friday 21 May. Crooked Rib Art is no stranger in the art scene of Melbourne. It is an arts collective started by young Muslim female artists who not only aim to challenge perceptions of themselves but also work to question perceptions of current social issues through the public art domain.
10/02/10 - Public forum by DESYPHER at Melbourne City Circle, 21 February 2010
DESYPHER has been invited to present in Melbourne City Circle Forum to kick start 2010 
sessions. Issam Nabulsi, the Founding Director of the firm, will cover a topic based on Islamic Principles in Architecture, towards contemporary understanding of ‘Islamic Architecture’ and challenges facing Australian Muslim community and modernity in the 21st Century.
25/11/09 - Creativity and the Spiritual Path – Sydney
Our Principal Director Issam Nabulsi was invited to speak at CSP in Sydney on 22 Nov 2009. The 
focus was on architecture, art, design and contemporary condition of being Australian whilst adhering to Islamic principles of life.
25/11/09 - Visit by Master Calligrapher Hajj Noor Deen
Hajj Noor Deen, master calligrapher, visited the University of Melbourne musalla project and
Desypher office on 15 Nov 2009. Famous for his hybrid Arabic and Chinese calligraphy, he is also a scholar in his own right, providing insight into Chinese cultural pluralism otherwise unknown to the rest of the world.
05/11/09 - UMIS feedback session on 6 Nov 2009 (Friday)
Issam Nabulsi and Khalid Bouden attended University of Melbourne Islamic Society (UMIS) event at the 
musalla on Little Pelham Street, Carlton. Read more »
07/10/09 - Peter Gould’s exhibition
A collection of Peter Gould’s artworks and photography is on display at Desypher’s gallery. The exhibition is scheduled from 26th Oct – 24 Dec 2009. As viewing is by appointment, please contact our office on 0394175533 or email info@desypher.com.au for further details.
27/06/09 - Canberra Islamic Centre
Desypher presented new proposal of Canberra Islamic Centre in fundraising dinner for Canberra Islamic 
Society. Our design aim is to pull away the barriers that discourage approach and participation. Read more »