The publication documents the everyday life
of family Lange using meticulously kept cash books. Gisela Lange, the mother of the designer, gathered endless accounts of groceries, taxes, parties, leisure activities, clothes or presents with an exact price index. To complement the cycle of this everyday life narratively, the first 18 years of life, from 1979 to 1997, were analyzed and summarized in appropriate categories. Brief explanations and interviews with protagonists of the list illustrate important moments. A series of family photos, pictures of products, certificates and receipts add to the family`s archive.
With its 12.051 items, "Lange Liste 79–97" grants a detailed impression of the hidden desires, pleasures and losses of a family`s household kept in two different political and economical systems.

The story of childhood and youth in form of a housekeeping book. A meticulously calculating mother who had to watch her money provides inspiration for experimental literature.
"Lange Liste 79–97" is a unique book covering everyday life during the late GDR and the German Republic shortly after unification. (Spector Books)

THANK YOU

Gisela Lange, Dieter Lange, Thomas Lange,
Conny Lange, Peter Schimmel, Edith Schimmel, Fritz Röhler Sr., Liselotte Röhler, Nadine Schmidt, Kurt Eckert, Alex Hanimann, Sereina Rothenberger,
Sarah Owens, Marco Walser, Matthias Michel, Moritz Kemper, Fabian Diem, Martin Kunz,
Esther Vonwil, Katja Schalcher, Christian Zöhrer, Anika Rosen, Flurina Gradin, Ivan Weiss
and Spector Books

This project was developed during the studies of Master of Arts in Design (Editorial Design) at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) from 2011. Special thanks to Kurt Eckert.

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