This Week's Top 5 Favorite 1stdibs Items: Welcome to the Future!

With the New Year right around the corner, we can't help but meditate on the fact that it will be the year 2010. Just saying "2010" sounds so futuristic! Though we know this isn't the first time we've covered futuristic decor (once we did a 1stdibs' round-up after the new Star Trek movie and once we did a Flickr Features of some neat futuristic interiors), we just can't help gathering some more future-leaning furniture pieces from 1stdibs' newest listings this week. Pair them with more down-to-earth furnishings or fill a whole room with them, either way you'll have one far-out interior space!
1) Greg Lynn "Ravioli Chair," for Vitra
Lounge chair or giant egg crate, you tell us! This Ravioli Chair, designed by Greg Lynn in 2005 for Vitra, is a great example of the future of furnishings being a little scary. We're not even sure how you sit in this thing! But we can tell you that having a piece like this in a room would be a definite sign you're serious about futuristic decor.
Price: $2,945
Dealer: Modern Artifacts

2) Graceful Carved Walnut Fish Sculpture
If you weren't sure quite what you were looking at with this piece at first, don't worry---it took us a minute, too! This sculpture by Emilan is so futuristic, it takes a minute to make our that it's a fish. But featuring smooth lines and a walnut material, this would look great in a futuristic room.
Price: $1,800
Dealer: Dual

3) Pair of Large Gabriella Crespi Modernist Vases
Is it just us or do these modernist vases look like abstract rocket ships? Okay, maybe we're trying a little too hard, but no one can deny the importance of rocket ships in our future! Why not have a few in your futuristic design?
Price: $4,800
Dealer: 20cDesign.com

4) Lucite and Polished Aluminum French Desk
In the future, you'll most likely work from home and telecommute, so you'll need a sleek, attractive and efficient desk to work from. Whether this is comfortable we can't say, but we do know it sure looks cool.
Price: contact dealer
Dealer: Todd Merrill

5) "Giunone" Floor Light by Vico Magistretti
We'll always need good task lighting, even in the future, so arm yourself and your eyes with this good-looking floor lamp. Though it's from the 1960s, there's no doubting that they had the future in mind when designing these sleek curves.
Price: contact dealer
Dealer: Coolhouse

Don't forget to check out the rest of this week's listings from 1stdibs, where you can find more fabulous, one-of-a-kind show-stopping pieces, as well as a number of other great pieces!