Dutch Design is supposed to be defiant: a book about colour could easily end up to be in black and white. But is it Defiance, that makes Dutch Design known all over the world? Or is it something else; idealism perhaps or a tendency to be frugal with materials.

Dutch designers may be social engaged or they might combine calvinism and creativity in an unexpected way. In this series, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen interviews a varied range of Dutch designers - upcoming and well known - about their work, their doubts and their ideals.

The first ten video interviews were made for the Rotterdam Design Prize (www.designprijs.nl) - a national Dutch prize which concentrates on the shared qualities of Dutch design and intensifies the design debate. The prize celebrates the most remarkable creative vision that made a major contribution to the design profession in the Netherlands in the preceeding two years.