While feng shui expert Colleen McCann was arranging the chi in an apartment by NYCxDesign Award winner Jude Heslin Di Leo, she remarked that quartz increases natural energy. It was a lightbulb moment for Di Leo, who proceeded to channel the notion into Amplifier, a 15-inch-high table constructed from pure quartz crystal. “It was originally designed as a meditation altar, a place to work with sacred objects,” he says. “But whether used as that or a coffee table, the intention is for it to help clients release and transform.” With a built-in hidden shelf, it can also help them organize.
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