english: And I had a bit of a wake-up call in Amsterdam: I was there going into the design stores, and mixing with our crowd of designers, and I recognized that a whole lot of stuff pretty much looked the same, and the effect of globalization has had that in our community also.
non_english: In Amsterdam werd ik wakker geschud. Ik ging er naar designwinkels, ontmoette designers en merkte  dat heel veel dingen er hetzelfde uitzagen en dat globalisatie ook  invloed had op de designwereld.