The Letter Back Rocking Chair reorders the structural elements mixing traditional and contemporary in the manner of Windsor Chairs. The strip of red rubber on the sole continues functionally and poetically the dialog of new and old technologies. Sitting between new and old, rocking a heart beat into the future.

Stoel Burrowes is a fine woodworker, artist and university lecturer. He is greatly admired by his students and colleagues. Stoel's furniture designs craft the poetic language of material, form and function. His art work plays in the narrow area between life and death. His background in woodwork and furniture design has been the foundation of creative scholarship, and he has had work exhibited in several national and international venues, including the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia and the National Conference of The Furniture Society in Durham, the A’ Design Awards and Competition in Italy, the Interior Design Educators' Council in High Point and Georgia, and the Center for Visual Artists in Greensboro. Stoel's creative scholarship has played a major role in his teaching and mentoring of students. He has made several conference presentations that explore the relationship of making and learning as demonstrated in his work.

SB Design makes poetic speculation into form, function and space. Our mission is the design, construction and delivery of fine object. SB Design envisions a world of tolerance, generosity and beauty. Our vision is embodied in physical form both material and word. Especially using the intelligence of the hand and the Vetruvian triumvirate of Firmness, Commodity and Delight.