The Kapow is a grenade vase, shaped like a grenade and named Kapow, and nobody involved in either decision was interested in subtlety, which I respect. It refuses to be a metaphor. This is not explosive florals or a bouquet that packs a punch; it is a pop art vase that made its own joke first and dares you to top it. I have tried. It wins. The Kapow vase stands four and a half inches tall by three across, cast in glazed ceramic, small enough to detonate very quietly on a desk, a shelf, or wherever guests will find it and form opinions. Since 2013 it has run through a rotating cast of colorways, white and soft pastels doing most of the disarming. Fill it with something delicate and let the contrast do the talking. Artisans shape these pieces by hand from a mold with a family argument behind it.
