Privacy Policy / Terms / Conditions

1. Who are we?

Designclub.world “digital property” is operated by Calyah Ltd under the operating brand “Design Club”. Calyah Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under registration number  14246356 and our registered address is 128 City Road,London, EC1V 2NX, VAT number 421 9806 95. (www.calyah.com)

These Website Terms of Use (together with the Additional Terms set forth herein, “Terms”) set forth the terms and conditions applicable to and governing your, the user, member or customer (“you” or “your” being interpreted accordingly) access to and use of the website (“Site”) and applications designed for download and use on mobile, tablet, smart watch and other personal devices, and all Content (as defined herein) incorporated into and presented through such websites and applications (collectively, “Digital Properties”) made available by Calyah Limited and its subsidiaries operating under the Design Club brand (“Design Club”, “we”, “us” and “our” being interpreted accordingly). By using the Digital Properties, and the features and services made available through the Digital Properties, you are acknowledging that you have read, understand and agreed to these Terms and expressly agree that they form a binding contract between you and Design Club.  The Digital Properties are not targeted at children under the age of 13, and they are not permitted to use the Digital Properties. We strongly encourage all parents and guardians to monitor the Internet use by their children. If you use the Digital Properties, you affirm you are at least 13 years old.

2. Changes to the terms

These Terms may change as we continue to evolve our business, as well as the Digital Properties or any portion thereof. If we change these Terms, we will post the revised document here and such changes will be effective immediately upon that posting. Your continued use of the Digital Properties constitutes your acceptance of such changes and agreement to be bound by the modified Terms, and so we recommend that you review these Terms periodically when accessing or using the Digital Properties.

These terms were last updated: 23 March 2025

To the maximum extent legally permitted, you cannot link to or seek to extract data from this Site or reutilise any part of this Site or Content for any commercial purpose or use our Trade Marks in a way that suggests that you or your business has any endorsement from or affiliation to us or other companies in the Design Club or Calyah Group without our prior written permission (at our sole discretion).

3. Account

You may browse the Site without registering for an account. You will be required to register for an account to use certain features of the Digital Properties. Your account username may not include the name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person, or be offensive, vulgar or obscene. Your account username and password are personal to you. You will be responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password, and for all activities (including purchases) that are conducted through your account. You may not transfer or sell access to your account. We will not be liable for any harm related to disclosure of your username or password or the use by anyone else of your username or password. You may not use another user’s account without that user’s permission. You will immediately notify us in writing if you discover any unauthorized use of your account or other account-related security breach. We may require you to change your username and/or password if we believe your account is no longer secure or if we receive a complaint that your username violates someone else’s rights. You will have no ownership in your account or your username. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, we reserve the right to deny the creation of, suspend access to or terminate any account(s), or to remove or modify Content, features, functionalities and/or services available to account holders, at any time in its sole discretion and without prior notice or liability to you.

4. Content

Your use of the Digital Properties and their contents including, without limit, any text, data, logos, graphics, photographs, images, animations, software, apps, forms, videos, music and other audio/visual materials that you access (“Content”) is subject to these Terms. Any Content that you access on the Digital Properties is either owned by us (or third parties who licence such Content to us) and is made available only for your own personal use on the condition that you must not republish, post, transmit, edit, adapt, syndicate or distribute any Content without our prior written permission. The names ‘Design Club’, ‘Calyah’, and other business names and logos displayed on the Digital Properties may be trade marks belonging to us or other companies in the Design Club (“Trade Marks”).

To the maximum extent legally permitted, you cannot link to or seek to extract data from the Digital Properties or reutilise any part of the Digital Properties or Content for any commercial purpose or use our Trade Marks in a way that suggests that you or your business has any endorsement from or affiliation to us or other companies in the Design Club, or in any other way, without our prior written permission (at our sole discretion). No act of downloading or copying from, or otherwise using, the Digital Properties, even with our permission, will transfer any title, interest or right in or to any Digital Property or Content to you. Design Club hereby expressly reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Digital Properties and Content.

5. Links to other websites

The Digital Properties may link to third-party websites from time to time. These links are provided for your convenience only. We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their contents or how they operate. Where the Digital Properties include any links to third-party websites, this does not imply any endorsement by us of the goods, services or materials made available on such websites. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT LEGALLY PERMITTED AND UNLESS WE STATE OTHERWISE) WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN RESPECT OF YOUR USE OF THOSE THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES OR ANY PURCHASE YOU MAKE THROUGH THEM. DESIGN CLUB WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO, US OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES.

6. Use and acceptable conduct

You must only use the Digital Properties for legal purposes in accordance with these Terms and are prohibited from using our Digital Properties to engage in any fraudulent activity or in a manner that (in our reasonable opinion) is liable to damage our business or harm other users. Your use of our Digital Properties is subject to our membership rules and other policies or guidelines that we may communicate to you from time to time.

You also undertake that any personal data and other information you may provide to us when registering or signing up to any services on the Digital Properties is complete, accurate and up to date. In relation to any material you submit to us or post on the Digital Properties, you undertake to us that either you own this material or have the necessary rights, clearances and or approvals you need to submit or post such material.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we give you the limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable right to access and use the Digital Properties solely for your personal and non-commercial use. However, we do not give you any right to, and you hereby agree not to:

• Use the Digital Properties or any portion thereof for any commercial use or for the benefit of any other person or entity, including without limitation by selling, renting, leasing, assigning, transferring, hosting, or otherwise commercially exploiting any Digital Property or any portion thereof;
• Copy, stream, reproduce, duplicate, archive, store (other than standard browser caching), download, publish, modify, make derivative works of, reverse engineer, translate, or distribute any Digital Property or portion thereof by any means, other than as expressly allowed by these Terms or as otherwise clearly contemplated by the features and functionalities of the Digital Properties.
• Remove, alter, bypass, avoid or circumvent any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice, digital rights management mechanisms or other content protection measures included in or associated with the Digital Properties or any Content.
• Use any software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data mining, gathering or extraction tools or methods, whether automated, programmed or manual, including without limitation to access, acquire, copy, monitor or make submissions through any portion of the Digital Properties.
• Knowingly or intentionally take any other action that may impose an unreasonable burden or load on the Digital Properties or its servers and infrastructure. Any unauthorized use by you, or otherwise under your account or on your computer or personal device, of the Digital Properties any portion thereof will immediately terminate the limited rights granted to you under these Terms, and such termination will be without prejudice to any other right or remedy we may have under applicable law or in equity. You agree to compensate us in relation to any third-party legal actions or claims that are made against us and for any associated losses, damages or expenses (including any legal expenses) that we suffer as a result of you breaching your obligations or undertakings in this Section 4.

You agree that you will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and that you will not: Use the Digital Properties for any unlawful purpose; Impersonate any person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including any employee or representative of our company; Submit (a) any content or information that is unlawful, fraudulent, libellous, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable, or infringes our or any third party’s intellectual property or other rights; (b) any non-public information about companies without authorization; or © any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, surveys, contests, investment opportunities or other unsolicited commercial communication; Submit, or provide links to, any postings containing material that could be considered harmful, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, indecent, lewd, violent, abusive, profane, insulting, threatening, harassing, hateful or otherwise objectionable, includes the image or likeness of individuals under 18 years of age, or contains any personal contact information or other personal information identifying any third party; Submit, or provide links to, any postings containing material that harasses, victimizes, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability; Harvest or collect information about Digital Properties users.

7. Infringement claims

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 and the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “Copyright Acts”) if you believe in good faith that any content on the Digital Properties infringes your copyright, you may send us a notice requesting that the content be removed. The notice must include: (a) your (or your agent’s) physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work on our Digital Properties that is claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list if multiple copyrighted works are included in one notification); © identification of the content that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, including information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the content on the Digital Properties; (d) your name, address, telephone number and email address (if available); (e) a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the content in the manner complained of is not authorized by you or your agent or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you or your agent is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, you may send us a counter-notice. You may read more information about the Copyright Acts at http://www.loc.gov/copyright.

Notices and counter-notices should be sent to info@calyah.com There can be penalties for false claims under the Copyright Acts. We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. It is our policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the access rights to the Digital Properties of repeat infringers.

8. Our liability

Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud or for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence (or the negligence of our employees or agents) or where applicable law does not permit us to restrict or exclude particular obligations or liabilities.

While we endeavour to provide the best digital experience we can, including without limitation by offering accurate and current Content, we cannot and do not guarantee that the Digital Properties or any portion thereof will always be fully-functional, current or accurate. Subject to the above paragraph we do not accept any liability for damage to any computer or device that you use to access the Digital Properties or in relation to any loss of data when you use the Digital Properties. In addition, we cannot guarantee that any Content you access or download is free from viruses, worms or other malware, and you should check that you have suitable, up-to-date virus or malware protection on your computer or device.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND THAT THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES, AND ALL ASPECTS THEREOF, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION: (1) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, AVAILABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (2) WARRANTIES THAT THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR OPERATE WITH THE DEVICES, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE YOU USE; OR (3) WARRANTIES THAT YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, CURRENT, OR FREE FROM INACCURACIES, ERRORS, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR CODE; OR THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED.

While we will correct any errors in the Digital Properties that come to our attention as soon as we reasonably can, we do not undertake or warrant that the Digital Properties or the Content will be completely free from bugs or errors or that the Digital Properties will be available on an uninterrupted basis. You accept that access to the Digital Properties (or certain features) may be interrupted or suspended without notice in the case of IT system issues or where we need to undertake maintenance or due to other reasons beyond our reasonable control.

We do not make any representation and exclude all warranties, terms or conditions (whether express or implied by law or otherwise) in respect of the Digital Properties or Content, including, without limitation, any decision you take on the basis of information provided through the Digital Properties, except that nothing in these Terms shall exclude or restrict your statutory rights or other rights that cannot be excluded or restricted under applicable law. You agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, your sole and exclusive remedy for any problems or dissatisfaction with the Digital Properties is to stop using and, where applicable, uninstall the Digital Properties.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL DESIGN CLUB, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR OTHER AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY, “DESIGN CLUB PARTIES”) BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR LOSS OF USE, LOST DATA, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES, OR THESE TERMS. IN ADDITION, IF AND TO THE EXTENT DESIGN CLUB IS LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES, OR THESE TERMS, THEN, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF DESIGN CLUB FOR SUCH DIRECT DAMAGES WILL BE LIMITED TO TEN EUROS (10.00 EURO).

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold the us harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees), arising out of or in connection with: (1) your access to and/or use of the Digital Properties or any portion thereof; (2) your failure to comply with these Terms or with any applicable law, rule or regulation; (3) your infringement, misappropriation or violation of the Digital Properties or Content or of any third party’s intellectual property right; or (4) any activity occurring by or through your account, whether taken by you or another person accessing or using your account, with or without authorization. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any claim, action or proceeding subject to the foregoing paragraph once it becomes aware of it, but any failure to provide you with notice shall not limit your indemnification obligations unless you can establish actual prejudice resulted from such failure. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any claim, action or proceeding for which you are required to provide indemnification, and you agree to cooperate with our defence of these claims. You may not settle any claims, actions or proceedings for which you are required to provide indemnification, without our prior written consent.

10. Your personal information

We will use the personal information you provide to us in accordance with our privacy policy

11. Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time by ceasing to access and use the Digital Properties and, where applicable, uninstalling the Digital Properties. Please understand, however, if you subsequently decide to resume accessing and using any of the Digital Properties, you will again be bound by the then-current Terms. We may terminate these Terms, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice or liability to you, for any reason. However, even after these Terms have been terminated, any provision which by its nature is intended to survive, will survive that termination.

12. Privacy & security

How we collect and process your personal data and safeguard your privacy is governed by our Privacy Policy and which forms part of these Terms. We also have a Cookie Policy that governs use of cookies and other tracking technologies, which may be used on our Digital Properties.

13. Purchase of products or services

If you elect to purchase any products or services which we offer to you through the Digital Properties (or any affiliated website of another Design Club Group company) this may be subject to new and/or additional terms and conditions which will be notified to you at the time.

14. Invalidity & waiver

If any of these Terms is found by a court or a regulator to be invalid or unenforceable the other provisions shall continue to apply to the maximum extent legally permitted. No waiver of any of these Terms shall be effective unless made in writing by us and a waiver (or non-enforcement) shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

15. Force majeure

Design Club will not be responsible and will not pay any compensation where we are preventing or delayed from performing our obligations due to an event beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to flood, earthquake, mechanical breakdown, IT failure, fire, adverse weather conditions, acts of terrorism, gas, water or other utilities.

16. Transfer

We may transfer this agreement to someone else: We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

17. Delay

Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later: If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you, but we continue to provide the products, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.

18. GOVERNING LAW

In the event of any dispute between you and us concerning these Terms, the laws of England and Wales will apply. If you wish to take court proceedings against us, you should do so within England and Wales, except to the extent that applicable law in your country of residence requires mandatory application of another law and/or jurisdiction and/or language and such requirement cannot lawfully be excluded under these Terms in which case such law and/or jurisdiction and/or language shall apply, as far as legally required.

19. Alternative dispute resolution, arbitration agreement and class action waiver

If you are located in the United Kingdom or Europe, you may use the following process if you wish to bring a dispute regarding your use of the Digital Properties:

Alternative dispute resolution
Alternative dispute resolution is a process where an independent body considers the facts of a dispute and seeks to resolve it, without you having to go to court. If you are not happy with how we have handled any complaint, and you live in the UK or Europe you may want to refer your matter to RetailADR via their website at https://www.retailadr.org.uk/. RetailADR is approved by the government to provide alternative dispute resolution services. They will not charge you for making a complaint and if you are not satisfied with the outcome you can still bring legal proceedings. We do not intend to initiate dispute resolution through RetailADR ourselves, but you are always entitled to do so and if you do lodge a complaint with RetailADR, we will engage with Retail ADR in relation to your complaint. In addition, please note that disputes may be submitted for online resolution to the European Commission Online Dispute Resolution platform, which you can access at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home2.show&lng=EN

If you are located in the United States, the following arbitration provisions shall apply to your use of the Digital Properties:

Arbitration Agreement

By using the Digital Properties, you and Design Club agree to submit any and all Disputes (as defined below) to binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), which shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement (“ Arbitration Agreement ”). Arbitration shall be before either (1) JAMS (formerly known as Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services), www.jamsadr.com, or (2) the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), www.adr.org. If you initiate arbitration, you shall have the choice as between these two arbitration forums; if we initiate arbitration, it shall have the choice as between these two arbitration forums.
WE EACH AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE DEFINITION OF DISPUTES BELOW, ANY AND ALL DISPUTES WHETHER PRESENTLY IN EXISTENCE OR BASED ON ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN THE PAST OR IN THE FUTURE, WILL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY BY BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT BY A JUDGE OR JURY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT.

Class Action Waiver

By using the Digital Properties, you agree that the arbitration of any Dispute (as defined below) shall be conducted on an individual, not a class-wide basis, and that no such arbitration proceedings may be consolidated with any other arbitration or other legal proceedings involving Design Club or any other person. You further agree that you, and anyone asserting a claim through you, will not be a class representative, class member, or otherwise participate in a class, representative, or consolidated proceeding against Design Club. We and you agree that the arbitrator of any Dispute between us may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a class or representative proceeding or claim (such as a class action, representative action, consolidated action or private attorney general action).

If the foregoing class action waiver (“Class Action Waiver”) or any portion thereof is found to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable, unconscionable, void or voidable, then the Arbitration Agreement will be unenforceable, and the Dispute will be decided by a court. Any claim that all or part of the Class Action Waiver is invalid, illegal, unenforceable, unconscionable, void or voidable may be determined only by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator.

Definition of Dispute

Except as described below, the term “ Dispute ” in this Arbitration Agreement and Class Action Waiver means any dispute, claim, or controversy between you and Design Club regarding any aspect of your relationship with Design Club, whether based in contract, statute, regulation, ordinance, tort (including without limitation fraud, misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, negligence, gross negligence or reckless behaviour), or any other legal, statutory or equitable theory, and includes the validity, enforceability or scope of these Terms, except for the scope, enforceability and interpretation of the Arbitration Agreement and Class Action Waiver.

However, “Disputes” SHALL NOT include claims that all or part of the Class Action Waiver is invalid, unenforceable, unconscionable, void or voidable, or any claim for public injunctive relief, i.e., injunctive relief that has the primary purpose and effect of prohibiting alleged unlawful acts that threaten future injury to the general public. Such claims may be determined only by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator.

Where Will the Arbitration Be Held?

You can bring the arbitration in either New York or in the state where you live if there is a JAMS or AAA in that state. In the event that we initiate an arbitration, we will only do so in the state where you live before either JAMS or AAA, unless there is no JAMS or AAA in your state, in which case we may initiate the arbitration in New York. As set forth in “Governing Law” section above, the arbitrator will apply New York law.

20. Contact

If you have any questions or complaints regarding the Digital Properties or these Terms, you can contact us at info@calyah.com.

ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR APPS

The following terms (the “Additional Terms for Apps”) apply to any applications designed for download and use on mobile, tablet, smart watch or other personal devices which we may make available as part of the Digital Properties (the “Apps”). You acknowledge and agree that the availability of each App is dependent upon the third-party app store from which you download the App (the “App Store”). You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Design Club, and not with the applicable App Store. Each App Store may have its own terms and conditions to which you must agree before downloading an App from it, and the limited rights we grant you to use the App are conditioned upon your compliance with any and all terms and conditions of such App Store.
1. Scope of License: The license granted to you under the Terms is limited to a non-transferable license to use the App on the applicable phone, tablet, watch or other product or device that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the applicable App Store Terms of Service.
2. Legal Compliance: You represent and warrant that (1) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (2) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Design Club rules

Our Design Club rules require adherence to accepted standards of conduct to safeguard the use and enjoyment of Design Clubs by our members and their guests.

Last updated March 27th 2024

1. The Design Club

Design Club reserves the right to charge members a Design Club introduction fee upon joining, an annual subscription fee, an administration fee for any changes to your membership, and admission to Design Club events from time to time. The right to amend or waive any such fees or subscriptions from time to time shall be at Design Club’s sole discretion.

2. Design Club trademark rights

Members and their guests shall not use the names, logos, colours, trademarks, service marks, photographs, trade dress, or other identifying features of Design Club and its affiliates (the ‘Design Club Marks’) without obtaining the specific prior written approval of Design Club as to the specific use.

You hereby expressly recognise that the Design Club Marks are the valid, unique and exclusive property of Design Club, its parent, affiliates and/or subsidiaries. Members and their guests may not produce, use or create, or authorise others to produce, use or create the Design Club Marks for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, in any communications, marketing, advertising or other promotional materials (including, but not limited to, brochures, flyers, invitations and email messages) that utilise the Design Club Marks without Design Club’s prior written consent. 

MEMBERSHIP

1. Your membership application

By completing and submitting your application for membership through the Design Club website, you agree to be bound by Design Club rules.

The Membership Committee meets monthly and makes the final decision on who shall become a member of Design Club.

You are free to withdraw your application at any time. Should you wish to do so, please contact our membership team at membership@designclub.world. If your membership application is accepted, we will confirm this by sending you a 'Welcome to Design Club Community email. Your annual membership will commence on the date your 'Welcome to the Design Club email is sent.

2. Proposing new members

Members are welcome to propose new applicants. To propose new members please email: membership@designclub.world

3. Membership renewal

Membership is for a minimum period of one year and renewable thereafter on an annual basis.

Membership renewals are not automatic and are reviewed by our Membership Committee on an annual basis. Their decision is final and without appeal.

4. Membership database

It is important for us to have your current details, plus a photograph of you in our membership database. By becoming a member of Design Club, you agree that we can hold your personal details and a photograph to use in connection with your membership. If your contact or payment details change, please let us know via concierge@designclub.world

5. Membership payment

Upon approval or renewal of your membership, your membership fees become payable immediately. By providing us with your payment details, you accept and agree to being charged with membership fees in the form requested by Design Club upon your application being approved or renewed. It is within our discretion to amend our membership fees at any time, and we will notify you in advance if there are to be any changes to the amount, date or frequency of the payment of your membership fees. 

Failure to pay the annual subscription (or any instalment) within one month of the due date will result in the member not being admitted to the Design Club and the membership being terminated.

 6. Resignation of your membership

If you choose to resign your membership (or your membership is cancelled part way through the year), you will still need to pay your full membership fee for the remainder of the year. Refunds will be at the discretion of Design Club.

7. Rights and privileges of membership

A member shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of the Design Club granted to a person in their capacity as a member and shall be bound by these rules, but shall have no proprietary rights in any of the locations, events, activities or premises which Design Club use as part of the annual programme.

DESIGN CLUB Activities & Events

1. Guests

Special Design Club events and activities will take place where Members are permitted to bring up to three guests with them. A member’s guests may not enter Design Club event or activity without that member being present. Members may not be separated from their guests within the Design Club or allow their guests to remain in the Design Club activities when they leave. Members are responsible for ensuring that their guests follow all Design Club rules and policies, even when the member is not in the company of their guests, and a member may face suspension or termination of their membership if their guests violate such rules or policies.

2. Children

The Design Club is designed for adults. However, from time to time community activities will take place with the aim to be child-friendly.

3. Animals

No animals are allowed in the Design Club events or activities, except for legally recognised service animals. For more information, please see the Design Club FAQs

 4. Bills 

All bills must be settled in full before leaving the Design Club event or activity; there is no option for members to pay at a later date. Members are also responsible for their guests’ bills. If a member’s bill or their guests’ bill is not paid, the member may face suspension of their membership.

5. Design Club environment

Our Design Club events and activities are designed to be casual, relaxed, and discrete. Members and their guests should be mindful of the events they host and how they dress to maintain this environment.  

6. Respecting privacy

In view of the fact that our Design Club events and activities are private away from the media, members and their guests should be mindful of member privacy and unwanted attention. In discrete behaviour and creating unwanted attention for members may lead to suspension or termination of membership.

7. Mobile phones and laptops

To maintain the relaxed atmosphere within the Design Club events & activities, members may only take or make phone calls and use laptops in designated areas at certain times. Members must ensure that their guests adhere to our phone and laptops policy.

8. Cameras and recording devices

No cameras, video or other recording devices, whether live-streaming or otherwise and whether on a mobile phone or another medium, may be used while at a Design Club event or activitiy. Members are responsible for ensuring that their guests also adhere to this rule. Design Club reserves the right to take possession of and confiscate any mobile phone, camera, video or other recording device and any photos, videos or other recorded images used or taken while at the Design Club.

9. Audio and video content 

All audio and video content, internet-based calls and meetings must only be played through headphones and should not be audible to any other members or guests present..

10. Food and drinks

Any external food or drink, aside from water, is not allowed to be brought into or consumed at Design Club events and activities. This includes items such as packed lunches, snacks or alcoholic drinks. The only exception to this is if there is a valid medical reason. 

11. Smoking 

No smoking or vaping of any kind is allowed at Design Club events or activities at any time. Design Club reserves the right to prohibit or limit smoking in any external area of the Design Club premises at any time at its sole and absolute discretion.

Design Club reserves the right to designate certain outside areas of the Design Club events and activities as smoking areas and to change the location of such areas at any time. However, all members and their guests are requested to respect the wishes of other members and their guests with respect to smoking, and to refrain from smoking when requested to do so.

BEHAVIOUR

1. Drugs, substances and items

No member or guest shall purchase, use, ingest, possess, sell or otherwise distribute illegal drugs or other substances, or attempt to do any of the same with any member or guest. No member or guest shall ask any Design Club staff for illegal drugs or other substances while on Design Club premises, or in the immediate vicinity thereof. No member or guest shall occupy a closed bathroom stall with anyone else. If any of the actions above prove true, the relevant member and/or guest will be removed from the Design Club and the membership in question will be terminated.

No member or guest shall purchase, sell, use or possess any object that is illegal or offensive while at Design Club events or activities or in the immediate vicinity thereof. If any such objects are found, the item will be confiscated, the relevant member and/or guest will be removed from the Design Club, the membership in question will be terminated and, depending on the circumstances, we may have to call the police or relevant authorities.

Firearms (and weapons)

In the interest of the safety of our members, guests, and employees, Design Club restricts members and guests from bringing firearms (or weapons) to Design Club events and activities – even in communities where it is permitted by law.

2. Disclosing member and guest identity

Design Club operates a strict non-disclosure policy of sharing details of any other member, guest, private hire or member event in the public domain. This includes press and all social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and personal blogs. Members will be held accountable if they or their guests are found breaking this policy. 

3. Disciplinary procedure

Conduct by a member or guest that is prejudicial to the reputation and character of Design Club may result in suspension or expulsion of such member or guest. Such conduct may include inappropriate, violent or abusive behaviour, or the communication of information concerning the Design Club affairs, members or their guests in the Design Club to the media. An expelled member may not return to any Design Club as a guest. A refund of the expelled member’s subscription will be at the discretion of Design Club. Any member or members who wilfully remove, damage or destroy any property while at a Design Club event or activity, or to members or guests on the premises of Design Club partners, will be liable to expulsion and/or suspension or termination of their membership.

Every member binds themselves to abide by the rules, bylaws and regulations of Design Club at all times upon acceptance as a member. If Design Club considers that any member’s (or their guests) conduct either inside or outside of the Design Club events and activities, at its absolute discretion, contrary to the interests of Design Club, Design Club may with immediate effect expel the member or guest from the Design Club event or activity, and/or suspend or terminate that member’s membership without having to give any reason to such member or guest.

If a member is placed on suspension for any reason, Design Club reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to charge and collect such member’s membership dues and fees during such period of suspension, should they so arise. 

4. Membership Behaviour Committee

Membership review

Members who don’t follow these values and standards of behaviour risk their membership being reviewed by the Membership Behaviour Committee. This could result in your membership being suspended or revoked. Members are also responsible for ensuring that their guests follow these same rules, and if these are violated the same repercussions will apply to the member.

The process for this is as follows:

 An incident involving a member or their guest(s) either happens at a Design Club event or activity, or in circumstances that may affect our members.

The membership team reviews the incident and sources witness statements.

The membership of the member(s) involved is paused while this investigation is happening.

Once all the facts have been reviewed, the Membership Behaviour Committee decides on a final decision.

This decision is communicated to the member(s) and they are either given a caution, or their membership is suspended or terminated.

In the event of any dispute arising as to the meaning or interpretation of these rules, the matter shall be referred to the Membership Behaviour Committee who will decide on the status of a member's in the Design Club. This decision is final and without appeal. These rules shall be governed and construed in accordance with English law and each member agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

5. Amendments to the Design Club rules

From time to time, Design Club may, in its sole and absolute discretion, amend our Design Club rules in the best interest of our members, guests and/or employees. Please be aware that such amended Design Club rules shall apply to you at all times. 

Please check https://www.DesignClub.wolrd/terms-and-policies for the latest version of our Design Club rules. 

PRIVACY AND DATA 

1. Your personal information

We will use the personal information you provide us in connection with your membership in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

2. Confidentiality

Design Club management and all staff members are required to adhere to the strictest confidentiality standards, and pledge to maintain all records and personal information concerning the members and their guests in the strictest confidence.

3. Design Club events

While you are a member or a guest at our Design Club event or activity, we may ask you to give your views of, and experiences at, Design Club. We may also film, video or photograph our member events and activities at our Design Clubs for use in our membership programmes, as well as advertising, promotions, public relations, and other commercial/business purposes. If you take part in these interviews or events, you agree to us using your name, image and limited other information. You also consent to us publishing any materials produced by, or for, us for any purpose without your further consent, and you waive your right to receive any payment from us in connection with such publication. When we host that we are recording, we will endeavour to display signs to make this clear to members and guests.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

1. Accidents and injuries

We want all our members and guests to relax and enjoy the activities and facilities available at our Design Club events and activities safely.

If a member or guest has an accident or suffers any injury at, or in the vicinity of, the Design Club event or activitiy, please report this as soon as possible to a member of staff and, in any event, within 24 hours of the incident. As well as making our members’ and guests’ wellbeing a priority, this information is needed in order to help us comply with our health and safety obligations and for insurance purposes.

2. Liability of Design Club

All items brought into and/or left in the Design Club events and activties are entirely at the risk of the member or their guests. Design Club, its servants and/or agents shall not be liable to any member or guest for any loss, damage or injury suffered by them or their property howsoever caused, save in respect of death or personal injury to a member or guest to the extent caused by the gross negligence of Design Club, its servants and/or agents. This is not intended to affect any mandatory rights a member or guest may have under local law that we cannot legally restrict or exclude.

3. CCTV

Members and their guests should be aware that for safety reasons, CCTV may be in use at Design Club event and activity venues. We do not provide CCTV footage, except pursuant to a police request as part of an active investigation, or as required by subpoena or law. 

CONTACTING US

Should you have any questions regarding your membership and/or our Design Club rules, please contact us concierge@designclub.world/contact