GH Commercial continues their support for local Geelong-born artist Rone by providing custom carpet and hard flooring solutions for his latest exhibition ‘Time’ in Flinders Street Station, Melbourne. Rone’s 2021 exhibition, in which he paid homage to the architecture and history of the Geelong Gallery, also featured custom Designer Jet carpets from GH Commercial.

GH Commercial was proud to invite some of their most valued clients to their VIP Event at Rone’s Time exhibition. The event highlighted GH Commercial's ongoing relationship with Rone, and how their products have been utilised in new and extraordinary ways.

Rone’s Time is a nostalgic love letter to mid-century Melbourne and a tribute to one of the city’s great icons. This exhibit is Rone’s most ambitious project to date, a multisensory installation that opened on October 28th and features carpet and hard flooring products from GH Commercial.

In development for the past three years, Time captures both the grand scale and character of the site and the minute detail of a period of Melbourne’s history long lost to progress. Inspired by an era when European migrants powered the city’s booming manufacturing industries, Time provides a glimpse into mid-century working-class life and is an ode to the faded yet enduring beauty of this forgotten place.

The featured product

To support the narrative, Rone explored various carpet designs and hard flooring that paid homage to the 1950s and 60s era. Having previously worked with GH Commercial’s in-house design team, Rone was familiar with the custom capabilities of Designer Jet carpets, and was able to achieve the pattern, colour and texture to recreate the spirit of the city’s past. The result is an immersive, memorable installation that leaves you feeling as though you've stepped back in time rather than into an exhibition.

Time by Rone is open for viewing until 23 April 2023 at Flinders Street Station level 3 in Melbourne.

Flooring products

Library: Laminate, Legacy – 790 Wayward Oak

Gallery: Wool Broadloom, 13th Beach – 14 The Bluff

Glasshouse: Hybrid: Hybrid, Apollo Stone – 780 Slate

Head Office & Typing Pool: Designer Jet Custom Carpet