Designed in 1952 by Greta M. Grossman, but named the 62 Desk as it was deemed to be ten years ahead of its time. The 62 Desk appears characteristically light in weight and appears to defy gravity with its quirky asymmetric line and slender metal legs balancing on small wooden feet, a characteristic trait of its designer.

Grossman was clearly influenced by the principles of the Case Study Houses - the series of postwar experiments in American residential architecture commissioned by Arts & Architecture magazine. From the 1940s to the 1960s, Grossman was the only female architect in Los Angeles to own an independent practice. Grossman would often complete her builds with custom textiles, ceramics, furniture and lighting fixtures, and it is her furniture - such as the Modern Line Sofa and 62 Series Desk and her lighting designs, including the Gräshoppa Lamp and Cobra Lamp, for which she is best known today.