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Design Studio Terms

Last updated: 7 October 2026

These terms apply to the offers on kaniworks.in/design: the engagement models, the prices, and the two-week trial. They are offered by Kaniworks, Chennai, India (“Kaniworks”, “we”). Use of the website itself is covered by our Terms of Use, and personal data by our Privacy Policy.

1. The page is information, not a contract

  • Nothing on the Design Studio page binds either side. An engagement starts only when both sides sign a services agreement and a written scope.
  • If the signed services agreement or scope says something different from these terms, the signed document wins.
  • We may change or withdraw any offer, price or the trial at any time. A change never affects an engagement that is already signed.

2. Who we work with

  • Our studio offers are for businesses only, not for individuals buying for personal use.
  • We may decline any request, scope or engagement, without giving a reason.
  • “Immediately” means your designer starts as soon as the scope and the paperwork are signed and a suitable designer is assigned. If we cannot assign one, we tell you before you sign, and you owe nothing.

3. Prices and payment

  • Published prices are “from” prices in US dollars. They do not include taxes, bank or transfer charges, travel, or the cost of recruiting research participants. The price that applies is the one in your written scope.
  • We invoice as the scope says: monthly for a reserved designer or a fractional lead, and on milestones for fixed-scope work.
  • Invoices are due within 15 days unless the scope says otherwise. If an invoice is overdue, we may pause the work after giving you written notice.

4. The two-week trial

The trial is a genuine offer, and these conditions keep it fair for everyone.

  • What it covers. It covers only a Reserved senior designer or a Fractional design lead, where the need is ongoing. Design sprints, UX / CX audits, research studies and project work have no trial.
  • One per company. A company may have one trial. That includes its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, any company under common control, and anyone acting for it, such as an agency asking on behalf of its client. A company that has already had a trial or a paid engagement with us cannot have another.
  • Paperwork first. The services agreement, the NDA, the IP assignment and the written scope are signed before day 1. The scope says what the first piece of work is.
  • The period.The trial is the first ten working days, counted from your designer’s first day. Working days are Monday to Friday, without the public holidays listed in your scope.
  • How to stop. Email us at the address in your agreement before the end of the tenth working day, in your own time zone. You do not need to give a reason. Nothing is invoiced for the trial.
  • If you do not stop. The engagement continues and is invoiced from day 1, as the scope says.
  • The trial work. The trial covers the first piece agreed in the scope, within the hours of your plan. Extra work is outside the trial. We do it only if you ask and agree to it in writing, and it is invoiced.
  • Ending a trial early. We may end a trial early if the access or information the work needs is not given, if work outside the scope is demanded, or if we reasonably believe the trial is not being used in good faith. Examples include a second trial under another name, or a trial taken to get one piece of work with no intention of continuing.
  • Wrong information.If a trial was obtained by giving us wrong information, for example about eligibility, we may invoice the days worked at the plan’s rate.
  • What still applies if you stop. The NDA, confidentiality and the non-solicitation clause below still apply after a trial ends.

5. Who owns the work

  • Paid work. Designs, files and findings made for you are assigned to you once the invoice that covers them is paid in full.
  • Trial work. What we deliver during a trial is yours, whether you continue or stop, as long as the trial was used under these terms.
  • What stays ours. Kaniworks keeps everything it had before the engagement or builds for general use. That includes methods, templates, checklists, component libraries, tools, code, research guides and know-how. Where any of it is part of your deliverables, you get a permanent, non-exclusive licence to use it as part of them.
  • Your materials. You keep what you give us, such as your data, brand and content. You confirm you have the right to give it to us for the work.

6. Our designers

  • During an engagement or a trial, and for 12 months after it ends, you agree not to hire or engage any designer we introduced to you. That covers hiring them as an employee, as a contractor, or through another company. The exception is our written agreement.
  • If you do hire them, a placement fee is due. The fee is set in the services agreement. If the agreement sets none, the fee is three months of that engagement’s monthly fee.
  • If your designer leaves, we replace them, and the lead designer carries the handover, as the page says.

7. Your part

  • Give timely access to tools and information.
  • Name one contact who gives feedback and approves the work.
  • Recruit research participants, unless the scope says we will.
  • Make the final product and legal decisions. Our designs and findings are professional advice, not legal, regulatory or compliance advice. Decisions about what you build and release stay with you.

8. Confidentiality and personal data

  • Both sides keep the other’s confidential information private, as the NDA says.
  • We never show your work, name or logo publicly without your written permission.
  • When research involves your users, we handle their personal data under a data processing agreement. We use it only for the agreed work.

9. Results and liability

  • Good design aims to improve things like conversion, task success and revenue. We do not guarantee any specific business result.
  • To the extent the law allows, our total liability for an engagement is limited to the fees you paid us for it in the three months before the event that caused the claim.
  • Neither side is liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for lost profit, revenue or data.
  • Nothing here limits liability that the law does not allow to be limited.

10. Ending an engagement

  • After the trial, ongoing engagements run month to month with 30 days’ written notice.
  • Work done up to the end date is invoiced.
  • Fixed-scope work can be stopped as the scope says, and completed milestones are invoiced.

11. Kaniworks reserves all rights

© 2026 Kaniworks. All rights reserved. Kaniworks owns the Design Studio page and this website, including the text, designs, illustrations, product demos, case studies, code, names and logos.

Without our written permission, you may not copy them, republish them, reuse them commercially, or use them to train AI models. You may not use our product demos to build a competing product. You may share links to our pages freely.

12. Law and changes

  • These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu have jurisdiction, unless the signed services agreement says otherwise.
  • We may update these terms. The version in force when you sign applies to your engagement.

Contact

Questions about these terms: kaniworks25@gmail.com.