Ruyzdael Publishing
Ruyzdael Publishing was founded with the same spirit that graffiti was born from: independent, uncompromising, and driven by urgency. The publishing house is dedicated to works that challenge, disrupt, and connect — at the very places where culture is still in the making, unconfined and raw.
Founded by multidisciplinary creator Ferry van Zijderveld, who has roots in street culture, Ruyzdael Publishing is a platform for stories and creations by unconventional makers. Van Zijderveld is also the founder of UNDOG, his graphic design studio focused on cultural and artistic projects. Through UNDOG, he has worked on releases such as Burn & Learn (2007), I Am Just Trying To Be Nice (NUG, 2013), 8697 (Boris DELTA Tellegen, 2016), and CES53 (2021), all of which capture the raw energy and activism of graffiti and street culture.
With titles like Repainting Subway Art (2024) — a critical reimagining of the iconic graffiti book Subway Art (1984), MELLIE — Catalogue of Unsolved Crimes (2023) — an archive and memoir from a pioneering graffiti writer of the early ’90s, and Tunnel Vision (2024) — a photographic reproduction of graffiti in the Amsterdam subway tunnels, Ruyzdael has shown there is a demand for books that do more than document — they activate. These are books as cultural statements.
Ruyzdael Publishing views a book not as an endpoint, but as an impulse. A release is just the beginning. Through activations, campaigns, and collaborations, Ruyzdael pulls stories from the page and brings them to life. Books should never sit neatly on a shelf — they should haunt, disrupt, and resonate. Culture doesn’t emerge in silence — it moves, regardless of whether anyone is listening.
