Working with his wife and two children, designer Pann Lim, Creative Director of Rubbish FAMzine, started the magazine in 2013 as something creative to do with his family. Each edition focused on a different topic, with the ninth issue, The Unfinished Chronicle of the Chair Ballad, speaking of FAMzine’s love of chairs. It landed them Graphite Pencils for Magazine & Newspaper Design and Book Design.

Lim estimates he and his wife own 40 to 50 chairs in total, which are celebrated in the zine alongside images and items from their family archive. Each issue has a unique element to it; it was once sold in a rubbish bag filled with waste paper in a play on the name, and for another the family recorded and pressed vinyl. This issue’s special feature was a retro self-assembly Airfix-style chair designed by Lim.

“It’s very organic working with all my loved ones at home, we react to one another’s reactions to the project, it’s like freestyle jamming,” says Lim. “I am the designer of the zine, my wife writes, my daughter occasionally writes, and both the kids contribute photography. After designing I present it back to them.”

As his children grow up, he anticipates their roles will diminish but hopes that when they are a bit older they will be able to look back on this Pencil-winning family project with affection and pride.