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Christian Lange * 1985 in Münich, lives in Münich

Christian Lange is a graphic designer, whose work is focusing on book design, creating visual identities and exhibitions mostly for clients in the cultural field. He studied at the Zurich University of the Arts during between 2010 and 2011 and designed the book “Lange Liste 79-97” which documents the everyday life of his family using meticulously kept cash books. His mother gathered endless accounts of groceries, taxes, parties, leisure activities, clothes or presents with an exact pri [...]

Christian Lange is a graphic designer, whose work is focusing on book design, creating visual identities and exhibitions mostly for clients in the cultural field. He studied at the Zurich University of the Arts during between 2010 and 2011 and designed the book “Lange Liste 79-97” which documents the everyday life of his family using meticulously kept cash books. His mother gathered endless accounts of groceries, taxes, parties, leisure activities, clothes or presents with an exact price index over decades. To complement the cycle of this everyday life narratively, the first 18 years of his life, from 1979 to 1997, were analysed and summarised 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, this book grants a detailed impression of the hidden desires, pleasures and losses of a family’s household kept in two different political and economical systems. It is the story of his childhood and youth in form of a housekeeping book. And it is a unique document covering everyday life during the late GDR and the German Republic shortly after unification.

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