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On Design 60: Greece’s kaikia boats – a maritime design icon

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28 September 2017

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The typically short-mast, colourful fishing boats known as “kaikia” that dot Greece’s coastline are descendents of a boat-building tradition that dates back to the Bronze Age. Under threat from modernity, the kaikia’s admirers are pushing back.

28 September 2017

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