Terms and Conditions

Design Count Terms and Conditions set the rules for using designcount.com. By using Design Count, you agree to the rules below, so please read every section carefully before you continue. Please be aware that these terms cover the use of our website, while additional terms may apply during newsletter subscription or sign-up, and distinct terms apply if you decide to submit a design to us.

1. Your Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions

Design Count Terms and Conditions govern access to and use of Design Count, available at https://designcount.com, and of all pages, features and content of designcount.com. By accessing or using Design Count, you confirm that you have carefully read, understood and agreed to be bound by Design Count Terms and Conditions, the Design Count Privacy Policy and the Design Count Cookies Policy. Please continue to use Design Count only if you agree. The publisher of Design Count is identified in the Design Count Impressum.

2. Content Is for Entertainment and Information Only

Design Count publishes features about lighting and architectural lighting and more. Everything published on Design Count, including articles, descriptions, images, rankings, daily features, quotes, links and advertisements, is provided for entertainment and general information purposes only. For professional, legal, financial, purchasing, investment, design, installation, home safety, architectural or engineering advice, please consult a qualified professional, because content on Design Count is general information and carries no offer, endorsement, recommendation, warranty or guarantee of any product, service, person or company. Design Count is an independent editorial publication, so to purchase featured lighting and architectural lighting designs, products or projects, please contact the respective designers or brands. You alone are responsible for any decision or action you take on the basis of content published on Design Count.

3. Provided As Is, Where Is and As Available

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, Design Count and all content published on designcount.com are provided on an AS IS, WHERE IS and AS AVAILABLE basis, with all faults, and without warranties or representations of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including, without any limitation, any warranty of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and any warranty that designcount.com will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free or free of viruses or other harmful components. Design Count does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by designers, brands, advertisers or other third parties.

4. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, Design Count, the publisher of Design Count and the owners, operators, editors, contributors, licensors, partners, sponsors, advertisers, affiliates and service providers of Design Count shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, business, data, goodwill or opportunity, arising out of or in connection with the use of, or the inability to use, Design Count, or reliance on any content published on designcount.com, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Nothing in Design Count Terms and Conditions excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

5. Full Indemnity

You agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless Design Count, the publisher of Design Count and the owners, operators, editors, contributors, licensors, partners, sponsors, advertisers, affiliates and service providers of Design Count from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal and attorney fees, arising out of or related to (a) your use or misuse of Design Count, (b) your breach of Design Count Terms and Conditions, (c) your violation of any law or of any right of a third party, including intellectual property and privacy rights, and (d) any information you provide through Design Count or to the third-party services reached through Design Count. The obligation to indemnify survives any end of your use of Design Count.

6. Intellectual Property

Featured works. The lighting and architectural lighting designs, products, projects, photographs, renderings, descriptions, names, logos and trademarks featured on Design Count belong to the original creators, designers, brands and license holders of each work, who keep all rights to their intellectual properties and related rights. Each work is shown on Design Count for editorial or entertainment purposes, and the presentation of a work on Design Count leaves every single right with the respective owners.

Original materials of Design Count. Except for third-party works, the original texts, the selection and arrangement of content and the layout of Design Count are protected by copyright and are © 2008 – 2026 Design Count. You are welcome to read Design Count and to share links to pages of designcount.com for personal, non-commercial and lawful purposes. Please obtain prior and explicit written permission from the publisher of Design Count, and from the relevant rights holders for featured works, before copying, reproducing, scraping, harvesting, mirroring, framing, republishing, selling or otherwise exploiting content of designcount.com, except where the law expressly allows.

Notice to rights holders. If you are a creator or rights holder and believe that a feature on Design Count infringes an intellectual property right, or gives incorrect credit, you can send a notice through the Design Count Contact page, indicating the address of the page, identifying the work and your rights in the work, and providing a way to reach you. Design Count reviews every notice promptly and, where appropriate, corrects or removes the content.

7. Third-Party Websites, Services and Advertising

Design Count contains links to, and content from, third parties, including the A' Design Award & Competition, Designers.org, the Design Encyclopedia and other partner and affiliated websites. Third-party websites are operated independently of Design Count, so their content, availability, terms and privacy practices remain solely the responsibility of the respective third party. You access third-party websites at your own risk and subject to the terms of the respective third party.

Advertising shown on Design Count is delivered by Massive Outreach Ads Network, the privacy-first advertising solution provider of Design Count. Advertisements are supplied by third parties, and each advertised product, service or advertiser remains the responsibility of the respective advertiser. Any dealings between you and an advertiser are solely between you and that advertiser.

8. Forms and Forwarding to Third-Party Services

Some features of Design Count, such as the Design Count Submit Design page, the Design Count Newsletter page and the Design Count Encyclopedia page, work in two simple steps. You provide a few details on designcount.com and may then be forwarded to a partner service that carries out the actual service. The partner service, and not Design Count, is responsible for processing your information and for everything that happens after the forwarding, under the terms and the privacy policy of that service. You agree to provide accurate and truthful information and to enter only information that belongs to you or that you are authorized to share.

9. Acceptable Use

You agree to use Design Count for lawful purposes, to access designcount.com through ordinary browsing and search engine indexing rather than through robots, crawlers, scrapers, bots or other automated means, to respect the security and availability of designcount.com, its servers and its networks, to provide truthful information through the forms of Design Count, and to keep every credit, copyright, trademark and other notice intact.

10. Availability and Changes

The publisher of Design Count may change, suspend or discontinue Design Count, or any content or feature of Design Count, at any time and without notice or liability. Design Count Terms and Conditions may also be updated from time to time, and the date shown at the bottom of this page indicates the latest revision. Your continued use of Design Count after a revision means that you accept the revised Design Count Terms and Conditions.

11. Governing Law

Design Count Terms and Conditions, and any dispute arising out of or in connection with Design Count, are governed by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction of the publisher of Design Count identified in the Design Count Impressum, without regard to conflict of law principles, and the competent courts of that jurisdiction have jurisdiction, unless mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence provide otherwise.

12. General Provisions

If any provision of Design Count Terms and Conditions is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect. Any delay in enforcing any right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision. Design Count Terms and Conditions, together with the Design Count Privacy Policy and the Design Count Cookies Policy, form the entire agreement regarding the use of Design Count.

13. Contact

If you have questions or concerns about Design Count Terms and Conditions, please use the Design Count Contact page or the Design Count Impressum.

Last updated on 30 October 2026