Overview

RMIT Design Hub Gallery exists to ask questions about design’s role in the world today. Through exhibitions, conversations, performances and publications, we explore the process of design – making space to imagine, test and risk new ideas together.

Founded within RMIT University, the Design Hub Gallery has its roots in the city and in research practice. But most of all we are a public place, a zone for exploration and a platform for exchange, locally and internationally. We are an open space for discovery, questioning and experimentation.

RMIT Design Hub Gallery acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we work.

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RMIT Design Hub Gallery is part of RMIT Culture.

RMIT Culture brings together the university’s cultural spaces, creative programs and art, film, design and research collections, providing valuable support for the university’s learning and teaching activities and opportunities to inspire creativity and collaboration. By showcasing and expanding RMIT’s cultural assets through new initiatives, RMIT Culture helps facilitate a University-wide approach to cultural engagement.

At the top of the Design Hub forecourt is an installation by landscape architecture and urban design practice Openwork. The project was commissioned by the University with the brief to provide a visual and physical deterrent for vehicles entering the building’s plaza space at speed from adjacent streets. Skeptical of the message that bollards transmit about permission in public space, Openwork proposed a land-form instead of a bollard that doubles as seating for students and passersby. The form is a 1:1 copy of the deliberately imperfect circle paving motif on the existing plaza.

Opening Hours (when exhibition is currently showing)

Tuesday to Friday
11am – 5pm
Saturday
12.30pm – 5pm
Sunday and Monday
Closed
Closed Public Holidays

Location

Level 2, Building 100, RMIT University
Corner Victoria & Swanston Streets
Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053

Entry to Design Hub Gallery
via the Victoria Street forecourt

Gallery located below street level

Accessibility

Design Hub Gallery welcomes all visitors and is committed to making our exhibitions and programs accessible to everyone.

Wheelchair Access

Design Hub Gallery is wheelchair accessible and there is a disabled parking space just outside on Swanston Street. The gallery is located on level 2, one floor down from street level. Please note street level in Building 100 is level 3.

You can enter via the lifts on level 3 just inside the buildings main entrance at the corner of Victoria and Swanston Streets or via the Victoria Street ramp.

Wheelchair accessible bathrooms are located on street level and within the gallery itself. The gallery is an open plan space, with no stairs or elevated areas.

Guide Dogs

Guide dogs are welcome at Design Hub Gallery.

Hearing Loops

Hearing loops are available in both gallery spaces.

Blind Or Low Vision

All wayfinding signage in the gallery spaces include Braille and raised letters.

Contact Us

RMIT Culture

RMIT Design Hub Gallery is part of RMIT Culture.

RMIT Culture brings together the university’s cultural spaces, creative programs and art, film, design and research collections, providing valuable support for the university’s learning and teaching activities and opportunities to inspire creativity and collaboration. By showcasing and expanding RMIT’s cultural assets through new initiatives RMIT Culture helps facilitate an enterprise-wide approach to cultural engagement.

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*Please note that Design Hub Gallery is not available for event hire, photoshoots or exhibitions that have not been selected through our annual program call-out. If you are interested to apply, please sign-up to our mailing list for future alerts.

Group Bookings

Please email us at galleries@rmit.edu.au to organise your visit

In your request please include the following information:

Group leader(s) name, email address and contact number
Desired date and time for visit (RMIT Gallery is open 11am-4pm Tuesday-Friday and Saturday 12pm-5pm during exhibition dates)
Name of institution and subject/course of study (if relevant)
Number of people in your group and educators or supervisors
If any members of your group have accessibility requirements

We require all groups of ten or more people to book their visit to RMIT Gallery in advance. Bookings are essential to minimise clashes with other events and programming.

Requests for group bookings must be made at least two weeks in advance of your planned visit date.

We strongly encourage educators to visit our exhibitions before booking a group visit. If you have any questions about the exhibition and/or specific artworks, please mention this during your booking so we can best support your visit.

Introductory talks given by Gallery staff are available upon request and are subject to staff availability. Introductory talks provide a brief overview of the exhibition and run for approximately five to ten minutes. Teachers and educators are then responsible for group engagement with the exhibition. If you are interested in an introductory talk for your group, please mention this whilst booking. Introductory talks will not be available for groups booking within two weeks of their visit or who arrive at the gallery without making a booking in advance.

For primary and secondary school groups, adult supervision of students is required at all times, at no time will RMIT Gallery assume responsibility for your group. Please find below the required teacher-to-student ratios and ensure the adequate number of teachers and/or guardians are present during your visit:

1:5 for primary groups
1:10 for secondary groups
1:20 for tertiary groups