Das DDR-Handbuch. The East German Handbook

About the Book: The Wende Museum in Los Angeles houses one of the world's largest collections of artifacts from the GDR. This volume shows over 2000 of them, design objects and everyday items, Stasi relics, propaganda, advertising, fashion, state-sponsored and dissident, bizarre and tragic from the worker, farmer, and fat-cat state. Based on our XL volume, the most comprehensive overview of the GDR's visual and material culture to date, this affordable new edition showcases the fascinating remnants of a bygone world.

Biography: Justinian Jampol is the founder and executive director of the Wende Museum in Los Angeles. His work focuses on Visual Cultural Studies and the connection between contemporary art and the iconography of the Cold War. Jampol studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned his doctorate in Modern History from Oxford University. He has curated several exhibitions, produced two documentaries on the Cold War, and realized various urban art projects, including The Wall Project. His articles and work have been published or recognized in The Atlantic, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and The New York Times.

Pages: 816
EDITOR AND AUTHOR: Justinian Jampol
First Publication: 15/11/2017
Book Language: Multilingual (English, German)
Edition: GBD
ISBN: 978-3-8365-6520-2
Topics: Architecture & Design and Pop Culture
Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 24.0 cm, Weight 1.75 kg

Der TASCHEN Verlag zählt zu den renommiertesten Kunst- und Bildbandverlagen weltweit. Mit einem vielfältigen Programm von Kunst, Fotografie, Design, Architektur, Mode, Film und Popkultur bis hin zu Sammlerwerken steht TASCHEN seit Jahrzehnten für höchste Qualität und außergewöhnliche Gestaltung. Gemeinsam mit COCOLI bietet der Verlag nun eine Auswahl an Coffee Table Büchern mit kleinen Schönheitsfehlern an, die Kunst- und Designliebhabern nachhaltigen Zugang zu inspirierenden Werken ermöglicht.