Swimming Volumes

Six London Lidos 


1:500 scale relief prints of six London Lidos. 
Printed on a Vandercook SP-15 press, single 
section case-bound and foil-blocked in an edition 
of 13 at the London Centre for Books Art.

Swimming Pool Stories

16 page pamphlet of sketches from the “Swimming Pool Stories” symposium organised by Naina Gupta at the Architectural Association, 27 January 2023

#Bodies of Water


Swimming pool porn for all landlocked, housebound 
swimmers. Mixing the sybaritic with the tragic. 

Hand perfect-bound and french-folded book of Covid 
Lockdown tweets by Catherine Slessor. Printed on an 
A4 black and white laserjet on various papers. May 2020.
Swimming Volumes is a publishing project by Linda Byrne that explores the form of the book
and printing processes through the architecture and aesthetics of swimming.

Linda Byrne is an editorial designer for the built environment who enjoys seeking out the best  
swimmming spaces around the world. As an enthusiast for access to water, she has designed
identities for the Swimmable Cities alliance, the Future Lidos Toolkit, and Chris Romer-Lee.

Email Linda to purchase and barter publications, or to propose commisions or collaborations.