The theme of this issue of the RMIT Design Archives Journal design and manufacturing' we hope will provide an impetus to a field of research which has not yet in Australia, developed a vigorous discourse. Philip Goad opens the collection with an examination of post-war Australia "when architects, artists and designers were enlisted as part of a broader push in a new and vital project of national recovery: the establishment and growth of a resilient local manufacturing industry." Giorgio Marfella rediscovers the design by David Godsell (Guilford Bell) in 1959 of the Melbourne headquarters of a major textile manufacturer, Feltex. And as Journal Laura Jocic paints a picture of fashion production through the archives of Bruce Slorach and Sara Thorn, and Robbie Napper investigates mass customisation of bicycle design where the customer plays a central role.
