Terms of Use

1. About these terms

D1S1 Design Spotlight is a curated design research service operated by Partdirector in Matosinhos, Portugal. These terms apply when you use d1s1.com, create an account or buy a subscription. By using D1S1, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

2. Accounts

Some features require Sign in with Google. You must be at least 16 and provide accurate account information. You are responsible for activity under your account and should tell us promptly if you believe it has been misused.

We may restrict or close an account that breaks these terms, threatens the service or other users, or must be closed for legal reasons. Where practical, we will explain the reason and allow a reasonable opportunity to respond.

3. Free and paid access

D1S1 offers Free, Explorer and Pro access. Current features, limits and prices are listed on the Pricing page. Features may evolve, but a paid plan will not be materially reduced during an already-paid billing period without a reasonable substitute or remedy.

4. Subscriptions and billing

• Stripe processes paid subscriptions in advance on a monthly or yearly cycle.
• Your subscription renews automatically until you cancel it.
• You can cancel through the Stripe billing portal linked from your account. Access continues until the end of the paid period.
• Payments are generally non-refundable once a billing period begins, except where law requires otherwise or D1S1 agrees to a refund.
• Price changes will be communicated before they apply to a future renewal.

Nothing in these terms limits mandatory consumer rights, including any rights that apply to digital services in your country.

5. D1S1 and third-party work

D1S1's software, interface, original writing and curation are protected by intellectual-property law. Design projects, images, studio names, trademarks and quoted material belong to their respective owners. D1S1 indexes publicly available work, credits its source and links to the original project; it does not claim ownership of that third-party material.

If you own material shown on D1S1 and believe a credit, link or use should be corrected or removed, email anton@partdirector.ch with the page URL and enough information to review the request.

6. Content you add

You may add profile information, collections, descriptions and submissions. You keep ownership of that content. You give D1S1 a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, format and distribute it only as needed to operate and promote the D1S1 service. The licence ends when the content is deleted, except for reasonable backups and material already shared outside D1S1.

You must have the right to submit the content and must not submit unlawful, misleading, infringing or harmful material. Content marked public can be viewed and shared by other people.

7. Acceptable use

You may not:

• Break the law or infringe another person's rights
• Bypass sign-in, payment, rate limits or other access controls
• Interfere with the service, probe it for vulnerabilities or introduce malicious code
• Scrape or automate access at a volume that harms the service or recreates a substantial part of the database
• Resell D1S1 access, data or content without written permission
• Submit spam, false information or material you do not have the right to share

Normal search-engine indexing, sharing links and reasonable personal research are not prohibited by this section.

8. Accuracy, links and availability

D1S1 combines public source material, automated processing and editorial work. Information can be incomplete, delayed or wrong. Verify important credits, vacancies, client relationships and other decisions with the original source. External sites are controlled by their owners, not D1S1.

We may change, pause or discontinue parts of D1S1. We do not promise uninterrupted or error-free availability, but we will take reasonable care in operating the service.

9. Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, D1S1 is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of the service. For a paid user, D1S1's total liability relating to the service will not exceed the amount that user paid in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

These limits do not exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded, including liability for fraud, deliberate misconduct, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or mandatory consumer protections.

10. Governing law and changes

Portuguese law governs these terms. If you are a consumer, you keep any mandatory protections and rights to bring a claim in the courts available under the law where you live.

We may update these terms when the service or law changes. The date above will be updated, and material changes will be communicated reasonably. Changes do not apply retroactively.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to anton@partdirector.ch. See the Privacy Policy for data requests.