Terms ofuse andengagement.
The rules governing this website and any work we do together. Written to be read, not to be survived.
Who we are
AwardOrFree is a design studio operating from London and working remotely. In these terms, “we”, “us” and “our” mean AwardOrFree; “you” means you, whether you are browsing this website or engaging us for a project.
You can reach a human at brief@awardorfree.com. We answer correspondence within two working days, including correspondence we would rather not have received.
Using this website
You may read, quote and link to anything published here. You may not pass our writing off as your own, scrape the site at a volume that degrades it for other people, or attempt to gain access to areas of it that are not public.
The words, layouts, typographic system and code of this website belong to us. Quoting a passage with attribution is welcome. Reproducing a page wholesale is not.
The guarantee is a contract term, not a slogan
Our public wager — that a site we design will win a recognised international design award or our design fee is cancelled in full — is written into the contract we sign with every client, in the same words we use on this website.
It applies only once a signed engagement exists between us. Nothing on this website, including the wager, constitutes an offer capable of acceptance, and no contract arises until both parties have signed one.
The list of qualifying juries is fixed in writing at kick-off and cannot be changed afterwards by either party. If no award is received within twelve months of public launch, the design fee is cancelled in full. It is not discounted, credited against future work, or converted into anything else.
What the guarantee does not cover
Third-party costs are excluded. Licences, typefaces, photography, hosting, domains and any other item carrying somebody else's invoice remain payable, and all of them are disclosed and capped before work begins.
The guarantee assumes we are permitted to do the work we were engaged to do. If the agreed scope is materially changed, if the work is launched in an altered form without our sign-off, or if the site is not published in time to be submitted to the agreed juries, the guarantee lapses. We will always tell you in writing at the point we believe this has happened, not afterwards.
Applications
Submitting an application creates no obligation on either side. We accept three builds a month and decline most of what we are sent. A declined application is not a judgement on your organisation; it usually means we could not see a credible route to winning with it.
Everything you tell us in an application is treated as confidential whether or not we go on to work together, and is handled as described in our Privacy & Cookie Policy.
Liability
Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
Subject to that, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of business, or loss of anticipated savings arising from your use of this website. The content published here is offered in good faith as opinion and guidance, not as professional advice for your specific situation.
Governing law
These terms, and any dispute arising out of them or out of any engagement between us, are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.
If any provision of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest remains in force.
If a clause here is unclear, that is a defect and we would like to know about it. Write to brief@awardorfree.com and we will rewrite it.