We've been updating the site recently, but we're back with more design, and Ruth Vatcher's 'Eat Play Grow' table is first on our list to share with you this lunchtime.

Vatcher's design is a 'growing table' for young children made using a combination of oak wood, charcoal felt and ceramic which promotes an education in how to grow food produce from a young age, by allowing a child to grow vegetables and herbs at home themselves.

It works very simply, with some subtle additions to a simple table; namely a trough at the back of the table allows the children to grow food in a water tight container.

They can then use the watering pot as a tool to sustain the produce, and the felt provides somewhere to store things beneath the table such as seeds, or trowels.

There is also a chopping board on the table which provides a means of preparation of the food for the children.

Eat Play Grow was one of Ruth's final degree projects, for which she recently gained a first class honours in 3D design from University College Falmouth in the UK.

"To develop this design, user centred research was conducted with children aged 7 - 13.

Through workshops in primary schools the design was developed into a small table suitable for an interior environment. This provides the child with a station for growing their own food encouraging interaction with plants and vegetables from a young age." she says.