’This article presents a study of the design history of the snowsuit as a product type and explores the constitutive factors in its development. To shed light on the snowsuit as a designed object, the study draws on Actor Network Theory (ANT), particularly work linking ANT to design. In order to do this, the study focuses on the Finnish company Reima, which has been a leading producer of children’s wear in the Nordic region since the 1960s. The article traces the development of the one-piece snowsuit from a marginal product type, whose use was advised against because it was seen as hindering children’s freedom of movement, to the ubiquitous position it holds in Nordic pre-school children’s wardrobe today. Innovations in textile technology play a prominent role in this development, as does the emergence of a new configuration of use, characterized by working mothers and institutionalized children, which has increased the demand for garments that are practical, robust and easy-care. The article argues that the snowsuit is essentially a technique for making children more ‘suitable’ for institutions and links the snowsuit to a broader movement towards the rationalisation of family life in the welfare state.

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适合儿童机构。连体式雪衣的研制、校准和稳定

'本文介绍了对雪衣作为一种产品类型的设计历史的研究，并探讨了其发展中的构成因素。为了阐明作为设计对象的防雪服，该研究借鉴了演员网络理论 (ANT)，特别是将 ANT 与设计联系起来的工作。为此，本研究重点关注芬兰公司 Reima，该公司自 1960 年代以来一直是北欧地区领先的童装生产商。这篇文章追溯了连体式防雪服的发展历程，从一种边缘产品类型（因为它被视为阻碍儿童的行动自由而被建议不要使用），到如今它在北欧学龄前儿童衣橱中无处不在的位置。纺织技术的创新在这一发展中发挥着重要作用，新的使用配置的出现也是如此，以职业母亲和收容儿童为特征，这增加了对实用、坚固和易于护理的服装的需求。文章认为，雪衣本质上是一种使儿童更“适合”机构的技术，并将雪衣与福利国家中实现家庭生活合理化的更广泛运动联系起来。