TERMS OF USE
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this website, before applying for our courses, before signing up for our waitlists or email lists, and before purchasing services or products from this website.
Omime Designs LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company (“Omime Designs”, “Violette Phoenix”, “the instructor”, “us” or “we”) owns and operates this website and any other services offered by “Intuition and Interiors” (“Intuition & Interiors”, “i&I”) now or in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, its social media account pages.
By accessing, using, and viewing this website, or any of its “Content” (defined below) and/or by purchasing one of our Products or Services (defined below), such as one of our courses (collectively, our “Services”), and/or by visiting our social media account pages, you hereby consent and agree to these terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”).
These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made by and between Omime Designs LLC and the user of this Site or the user of the Services (personally and, if applicable, on behalf of the entity for whom you are using the Site; collectively, “you”, “the visitor”, “the student”).
BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THE SITE, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS.
If you do not agree to these Terms and to follow all applicable laws, then please cease access or use of the Site and Services immediately.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us by email at intuitionandinteriors@gmail.com.
DEFINITIONS:
“Content”: Our Content includes, but is not limited to, our website (written and visual content), course content (verbal, written, and visual content such as presentations, assignments, exercises, resources, guided meditations, and more, both in class and outside of class), our podcasts, and our social media content (written, audio, and visual content).
Products and Services referred to as “Services”: Our Products and Services include, but are not limited to, any product or service sold through our website, such as our courses.
Apply: You can apply for admission, which may also be referred to as: apply to the course, apply to be accepted, apply for access our Services, and may collectively be called “apply”. Applying does not guarantee access to our Services.
Offer of Admission: We will provide an Offer of Admission by emailing you an “Acceptance Letter”. This is an invitation to purchase our Services. (See below section on “Terms of Sale”).
Access and Use:
Intellectual Property
Copyright Protection: All of our Content is protected by copyright.
Our content is the property of or licensed by Omime Designs. All trademarks, trade names, brand names, logos, company names, including “Intuition and Interiors” “Intuition & Interiors” and “Violette Phoenix”, are proprietary to Omime Designs LLC and Violette Phoenix. It is prohibited to use or use a variation of any of our names, in any form, including but not limited to as part of a website name, URL, email, or as part of social media or other content that you create.
You agree not to copy or imitate or create derivatives of the appearance, design, style, format, layout, tone of voice, of our website, our class presentations, our assigned exercises, our guided meditations, our social media accounts, our podcasts, or any of our Content.
Our work is automatically copyrighted the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form, such as being written on paper, saved as a digital file, or recorded. Copyright protection is a legal right that comes into existence at the time of creation, without the need for registration.
Acceptable Use:
IT IS PROHIBITED TO COPY, REPRODUCE, OR DISTRIBUTE OUR CONTENT, OF ANY KIND, IN ANY FORM, FOR ANY USE.
It is prohibited to copy, reproduce, or distribute the content, in full or in part.
You may not modify, publish, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit of the Content in whole or in part. You may only use the content for what is necessary for your own personal, private, educational use.
Post class, you may view Content, such as presentation slides, by rewatching recordings of the class or if the instructor provides PPT or PDF versions. These PDF versions may be black and white or have copyright stamps, or it may not. This content is for viewing purposes only, to serve as a refresher of what we covered in class so that you can practice what was taught.
No Right to Content:
You do not acquire ownership of any of the Content by using or purchasing the Content or Services.
No Recording:
You agree not to record our content, in whole or in part, in any manner, including audio, video, or photographs, any part of the instructional or experiential portions of the courses or any other meetings with our instructor. This includes content in our courses, on our website, and on our social media accounts.
You further agree not to post any text, image, or video presentations of our Content on the internet, or other electronic media of any sort.
You are not permitted to access or use the Content in order to build a competitive product or service or to benchmark with another product or service.
You may not share the content of classes as people, who see the content that you share, may try to build a competitive product or service.
(Please see below section on “Confidentiality and Privacy”.)
Additionally, you agree not to teach or share the Content or any parts of it or variations on it to others in any way, to groups or individuals, professionally or otherwise, for monetary gain or otherwise.
Violations of this policy are considered unlawful and we reserve the right to take legal action in cases of misconduct.
Sharing of work that you create:
You are allowed to share photos, in person or on the internet, of work that you create as a result of trying the in-class or outside-of-class exercises. You agree to attribute credit to us (for creating a learning environment that fostered your work) by tagging @interiors_and_intuition or by writing our name (Interiors and Intuition or Intuition & Interiors) in your post.
License Non-Transferable: You agree to not share access to the Services (the course lessons, live or recordings or presentation content) with anyone. If you are offered admission to a course by us, you cannot transfer course access to someone else.
This includes sharing video recordings from the course (full videos or clips from it), class presentations, class exercises, or other materials.
As Is Policy:
Upon purchase of any Service, you agree to the Content within the Services as is and there are no guaranteed upgrades or improvements. We reserve the right to update and/or alter the existing content and sell these upgraded versions at a later time.
Course Information:
Virtual: The courses are taught virtually, online, via Zoom or a similar online meeting platform at scheduled times.
Technology Requirements: The following technology is needed for participation:
Hardware: Computer with internet access, a camera, and a microphone so that you can participate in class, if you wish.
Software: Zoom or a similar virtual meeting software (to be indicated in your acceptance letter). All classes are virtual, held online, through Zoom or a similar platform. You will create your own Zoom account and knowing how to attend an online meeting.
PowerPoint (or Google Slides or another form of creating presentations). The course instructor may provide basic instructions as related to PowerPoint. If you choose to use another presentation software, you are responsible to learning the correlated functions.
Peloton. Students will need to sign up for a digital Peloton digital account during the duration of the course to access course assignments.
Pinterest. Students will need to create free online Pinterest accounts.
Platform Issues: We are not responsible for technical issues or downtime.
The instructor will do their best to hold class at the specified times and dates.
If there are any technical issues or unforeseen events, the instructor will communicate a rescheduled class time.
If you need to miss a class, you can watch a recording of the class. The instructor will not meet with students outside of scheduled class times.
Attendance:
It is your choice whether to attend class or not. If you do not wish to attend a class or wish to attend, but not turn on your camera or microphone, that is acceptable. By purchasing a service (access to the course), you are not obligated to attend live classes.
That said, the instructor will only be providing live lessons and support at the class times indicated in the acceptance letter (or at rescheduled times). The instructor will not meet with students outside of scheduled class times.
Access Period:
The duration of access to the course material is not guaranteed. While classes are recorded, the access to the recordings may not be available forever. Therefore, we encourage you to take notes and write down or memorize the information that you wish to retain.
Class Times:
Class will occur on the dates specified in the Acceptance letter. There may be some days where class is not held at the normal time, for example if there is a Spring Break, Fall Break, or the instructor assess that students need more time to work on assignments between classes. If a class ever needs to be rescheduled, the instructor will provide 24 hours advance notice (with the exception for emergencies).
Classes may last approximately 2 to 3 hours, though the amount of time each class may vary, depending on the needs of the students and instructor. The course is a living, evolving entity, so thank you for being open to the length of class time varying. If you ever need to leave early, you are of course, welcome to do so.
Website accuracy:
We try to make the website thorough, accurate, and helpful to customers.
Nonetheless, there may be times when certain information on the website may be incorrect, incomplete, or inaccurate. We apologize in advance for any such errors that may result in an incorrect price, date, description, availability, or other information.
We reserve the right to correct errors (whether by changing information on our website or by informing you of the error and giving you an opportunity to cancel your order or select a different Service offering) or to update information on our website at any time without notice.
Terms of Sale
The following terms apply to your purchase of our Services.
Services: Through the website, certain courses and programs may be offered for purchase. The fees for such Services are listed on the website.
Timing: All fees (which may be referred to as “Tuition”) must be paid in full and are due within the time listed on the Acceptance letter emailed to students who are offered admission. If no time is listed, fees are due within 5 business days.
Availability and Pricing: We reserve the right to change the prices and available Services at any time. Quantities of Services may be limited and availability cannot always be guaranteed.
If a Service’s actual, correct price is higher than the listed price, we will, in our discretion, either notify you of the correct price and give you an opportunity to pay the difference in price within 5 business days, or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.
Acceptance into Part I Does Not Guarantee Part II:
An acceptance offer into Course Part I does not guarantee an acceptance offer into Course Part II. Students must apply for each part separately.
Service Offering Price (“Tuition”) versus Offer of Acceptance:
Our Service Offering Price (fee) is listed as “Tuition”.
You are invited to apply for our Services (apply for admission to our courses), but are not guaranteed a spot.
If you are emailed a letter of acceptance (or “Acceptance Letter”), you are invited to submit payment for our Services. Payment instructions will be provided along with the acceptance letter.
Any other type of email confirmation that you receive after applying, does not constitute an acceptance of your offer to pay tuition.
Limited Offerings:
We have the right to refuse or limit quantities, including but not limited to limiting the number of students in a class, or the number of times we offer a course, or limiting which courses are offered.
We have the right to change the dates or remove a course offering from the website for any reason.
After completion of one Service (such as “Part I”), you may apply for another Service offering (such as “Part II”.) Admission is not guaranteed. Admission for each Service offering is considered and provided separately. As such, tuition for each Service offering is separate.
Payment Information
Payment details will be included with Acceptance letters (either as attached PDF, possibly entitled “Tuition Payment Details” or within the body of the acceptance letter email.)
Timing:
Tuition must be paid in full within the time specified in the acceptance letter.
If a time is not specified, tuition must be paid within 5 business days to reserve your spot in the class.
If tuition is paid after 5 business days, you are not guaranteed a spot in the course. We reserve the right to refund you if you pay after 5 business days and offer the spot to another prospective student.
Subject to Increase:
The price of tuition is subject to increase. The price on the website may not always be up to date, but the price in the acceptance email will state the amount due.
Payment Methods:
A list of acceptable payment method options will be included with acceptance letters.
The price for paying with credit card is more than the price of paying though your bank.
If you select to pay through your bank, you agree to use Zelle. You agree to send payments via Zelle to the account associated with omimedesigns@gmail.com .
No Refunds:
Returns, Refunds, or substitution are not provided. All purchases are non-refundable and non-transferable. All sales are final.
Taxes:
We have the right to charge you for any taxes that we believe we are required to collect related to your purchase. If we realize that we made an error and did not charge you for taxes at the time of purchase, we have the right to request the amount at a later date. That amount will be collected and paid directly to the government.
Donation Information
Please know that we greatly appreciate your donations and they help make our work possible.
Voluntary Contribution:
All donations by you are voluntary. Donations are made freely, with no exchange of goods or services.
Donations do not make you more likely to be accepted into one of our courses.
Not Tax-Deductible:
Donations are not tax-deductible.
Refund Policy:
One-time donations are non-revocable, and non-refundable.
Recurring donations can be cancelled prospectively. You can cancel the future recurring payments through the payment processor.
Unsubscribing:
To unsubscribe from monthly recurring payments through PayPal, follow instructions given on the receipt.
To unsubscribe from credit card payments via Stripe, check your original sign-up email, which often contains a cancellation link. Or, you can contact us at intuitionandinteriors@gmail.com and request cancellation of future scheduled donations.
For any other types of requests to cancel future donations or any other questions, please contact us at intuitionandinteriors@gmail.com.
Disclaimers
Use of any Services by your own volition. No guarantees:
By purchasing the Services, you accept, agree, and understand that you are fully responsible for your progress and results from your participation.
We do not guarantee progress or development of any ability, related to interior design, intuition, or any other ability.
We do not make any warranty that our Content or Services will meet your requirements or expectations. We offer no representations, warranties or guarantees, verbally or in writing, regarding any particular outcomes associated with the Services.
Any testimonials by our customers represented in our Content (including website) have not been scientifically evaluated and the results experienced by individuals may vary.
Although anyone may find our content to be useful, you understand that we are not engaged in presenting specific medical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, or other type of advice. Nor is anything in our course content intended to be a diagnosis, prescription, recommendation, or cure for any specific kind of medical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, or other problem.
Disclaimer:
There may be some inadvertent accuracies or errors in the Content and we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or extensiveness of the Content.
This site is continually under development and we make no warranty of any kind, implied or express, as to its accuracy, completeness or appropriateness for any purpose.
Our Opinion:
Any statements in our Content are our opinion.
The Content and Services are a synthesis and expression of the life experiences and learnings of Violette Phoenix.
Educational Purposes Only:
Our Content and Services are for educational and informational purposes only.
We do not offer interior design services or consultations. Any advice shared is of our own opinion. You are responsible for whatever you choose to do with that advice.
Any action you take related to or in connection with the Content or Services provided are your sole responsibility.
Services are not professional advice:
We do not offer professional architectural, construction, medical, psychological, religious, legal, financial, or any other type of professional advice.
We are Not a Medical Professional:
You acknowledge and agree that the Services (including written, visual, or verbal) are not medical treatment or therapy and are not intended to provide and do not constitute medical, mental health, or other professional advice, diagnosis, and / or treatment. You agree to seek proper medical and/or therapeutic treatment elsewhere, as needed. Please consult your healthcare professional for any medical needs.
Further, you understand that since we are not providing medical, mental health, or any kind of healthcare services, that your relationship with us is not protected under HIPAA (Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
We are Not a Building Professional: You acknowledge and agree that the Services (including written, visual, or verbal) are not intended as or constitute architectural, construction, electrical, plumbing, or any other type of building-adjacent advice. You agree to seek professional advice and services elsewhere, as needed.
Participation is voluntary:
You agree that participating in the Services (including by not limited to attending class, trying the in-class and at-home assignments and exercises, engaging with guided meditations, yoga, stretches, qui-gong, podcasts, in-class and at-home, either recorded by us or offered on YouTube, Spotify, the Peloton app, or other platforms) are voluntary.
You can decide what aspects of the exercises (which may be called practices, homework, experiments, or another name) that you would like to try, at your own discretion. You are also welcome to not do any part of the exercises. The choice is yours. That said, we hope you will try the exercises as we believe they will improve your skills.
Participating in the Services may bring up feelings are difficult, physically, mentally, spiritually, or emotionally. You acknowledge and understand that you are fully responsible for your actions, your words, and your emotions in connection with the Services.
You assume all:
You assume any and all risks of and responsibility for loss and / or damage to property, illness, injury, and/or death arising from your consumption of the Content and your participation in the Services, whether or not contemplated in this Agreement and regardless of how it was caused.
Disclaimer – Different from formal design education institutions:
The Content and Services are different from the education that the instructor received at New York School of Interior Design.
• The Content and Services include the instructor’s insights relating to interiors, people’s lives, intuition, energy modalities, and other topics.
• The Services do not include instruction of technical design software, including but not limited to Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Photoshop.
Credit for Sources (images, music, other audio and visual recordings):
While the images on our website are our own, we do not take credit for any of the images in the class presentations (provided through our Services). The images were sourced from Pinterest or Google. We do not take credit for designing or photographing any of the interiors shown. The images are not for commercial or promotional use. They are purely for educational purposes to illustrate design or intuition topics.
If you wish to find the source, designer, or photographer of a certain image shown, feel free to use Google images reverse image search.
While some of the meditations played in class use our voice, we do not take credit for any of the music. The sources for most of the songs used in our meditations will be listed in the PowerPoint slides. Feel free to ask us if you do not see the sources listed.
We do not take credit for creating any of the audio and visual content that we play in class or assign to you for outside-of-class exercises, from sources including and YouTube, Spotify, and Peloton.
Recordings:
You understand and agree that each class is recorded (on Zoom or another recording platform) and that the recording may include video or photographic recordings from your devices’ camera and microphone, which may include recordings of your face and body, recordings of your voice, recordings of your screen, text inputs, images or drawings that you share, and recordings of interactions with your surroundings. If the instructor decides at their own discretion to meet with students outside of normal class times, for instance for extra help, these online meetings may also be recorded.
We will make Zoom recordings available to students (except for instances of technological malfunction) for a limited time in case they wish to rewatch content or if they missed a class in person. We do not guarantee how long the recordings will be available, so we encourage students to take notes in class.
We may also collect other content such as comments, suggestions, and ideas you share with us in class or by sending to us over email or social media messaging, or by tagging, mentioning, or stating our course name in social media postings.
You acknowledge and agree that recordings of classes or your work that you share with us may be publicly displayed or distributed by us. This is generally for marketing purposes. If you email us and put into writing that you wish for recordings of you to be publicly displayed, we will blur you and your screen in the recordings and will not distribute recordings of your voice.
No recording of you or your work and nothing provided by you shall be construed as conferring upon you any license or any other party’s Intellectual Property Rights, whether by estoppel, implication, waiver, or otherwise. We reserve all rights not expressly granted herein in the Agreement and any related content. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” means all copyright rights, design rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction.
Other Clauses
Eligibility:
To use the Content and purchase our Services, you must be of legal age (18 years of age or older) and competence.
Feedback and your shared content:
If you send content to us, including but not limited to comments, suggestions, reviews, notes, drawings, images, designs, such submissions shall become and remain the property of Omime Designs. We shall be entitled to unrestricted use, publication of such submissions, commercial or otherwise without any acknowledgement or compensation to you.
If you would like us to take a screenshot of you working or your work, you may also send us written permission to share your work on our website or social media channels. There is no guarantee that we will share it.
Prohibited Conduct:
You agree that you will not take any of the following actions, in private or public, including on social media:
• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights of Omime Designs, Interiors and Intuition, Violette Phoenix, or any other person or entity related to Interiors & Intuition;
• Interfere with or damage our provision of Services, Content, or underlying technology used to provide such Services and Content;
If this occurs, we have the right to terminate your access to our Content and Services, without refund, and seek financial and personal compensation for the damages.
Negative reviews can seriously damage a business and someone’s livelihood. My hope is that if there is something that has upset you, please let me know directly and I will do my best to take that into consideration for the future.
You agree to treat us and your fellow students in a respectful and professional capacity at all times.
Confidentiality and Privacy:
Everything shared in class, by the instructor and by students, is confidential. The aim is to create a safe learning environment.
You are not allowed to take photos during class of your computer screen (screenshots or photos of the screen), or post photos of other third parties, such as other students, their work, or their names. This is to protect the privacy of the instructor and other students in class, as well as to protect their work.
You acknowledge that we cannot guarantee that third-party participants present at the Services (other students in the class) will maintain confidentiality of any information that you share, and you hereby release us from any and all claims associated with the disclosure of information that you share in class.
Application:
You agree that the information that you provide on the application to this course is true, complete, and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief and is provided in good faith.
Liability and Release:
You release us and others from all claims: You hereby agree to unconditionally and irrevocably forever release, discharge, and covenant not to sue Omime Designs LLC, Violette Phoenix, its subsidiaries, affiliates, instructors, and other participants in the Services (collectively, the “Releases”) from any and all claims, demands, rights, damages, liabilities, losses, attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of any kind, arising out of or resulting from, or by any reason of any tort, contract, and/or any statutory cause of action of any kind which you now have or later may have against the Releases in any way resulting from, arising out of, or in connection with your preparation for and/or participation in the Services. This includes, without limitation, claims for any injury, illness, damage, loss or harm to you, your property, your business, or your death, as well as any injury, illness, damage, loss or harm that you cause to others or other’s property.
You have freely relinquished your right to sue and thus your successors, heirs, and assigns shall be equally bound in law and equity in covenant not to sue.
Damage Waiver:
Under no circumstances whatsoever shall we be liable to you for any incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive or other damages under this Agreement. Our liability to you for any cause whatsoever, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you for the Services.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Omime Designs LLC, Violette Phoenix, its affiliates, representatives or assigns from any claims, liability, damages, losses, harms, costs and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, incurred by you in any claims arising out of this Agreement, your use of the Services, any breach of this Agreement, or if any content that you are involved in posting or publishing causes Omime Designs LLC, Violette Phoenix, or its affiliates to be liable to a third party.
You acknowledge and agree that you shall refrain from causing any and all forms of emotional or physical harm to any other person, including other participants or the instructor, in connection with the services.
Disputes
Subject to applicable law, you and Omime Designs agree that any dispute that has arisen or may arise between us relating in any way to your use of or access to the Services or Site, any breach, enforcement, or termination of these Terms, or otherwise relating to Omime Designs in any way will be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section.
Informal Resolution:
If you have any dispute with us, you agree that before taking any formal action, you will contact us at intuitionandinteriors@gmail.com and provide a brief, written description of the dispute and your contact information and allow sixty (60) days to pass, during which time we will attempt to reach an amicable resolution.
If you do have a dispute and it requires legal consultation, you agree to pay for our legal fees.
Arbitration:
These Terms and each of its parts evidence a transaction involving interstate commerce, and the Federal Arbitration Act applies in all cases and governs the interpretation and enforcement of the arbitration rules and arbitration proceedings. Any Covered Matters must be asserted individually in binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Terms and the AAA Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes (including, without limitation, utilizing desk, phone or video conference proceedings where appropriate and permitted to mitigate costs of travel). The arbitrator shall not conduct any form of class or collective arbitration nor join or consolidate claims by or for individuals.
Applicable Law:
You agree that United States federal law including the Federal Arbitration Act, and (to the extent not inconsistent with or pre-empted by federal law) the laws of the State of New York, USA, without regard to conflict of laws principles, will govern all Covered Matters. Such body of law will apply regardless of your residence or the location of where you use the Services.
The Arbitrator’s Award:
You agree that for matters where the relief sought is over $5,000, the arbitrator’s decision will include the essential findings and conclusions upon which the arbitrator based the award. The arbitrator will decide the substance of all claims in accordance with applicable law, including recognized principles of equity, and will honor all claims of privilege recognized by law.
Who Bears the Costs of Arbitration:
You agree that payment of all filing, administration, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA’s rules, unless otherwise stated in this agreement to arbitrate.
Waiver:
You hereby irrevocably waive any right you may have to a court trail (other than small claims court) or to serve as a representative, or in any representative capacity, or to participate as a member of a class of claimants, in any lawsuit, arbitration or other proceeding filed against us.
Indemnification:
You hereby agree to indemnify us from all liability, claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses, including attorney’s fees, arising from or related or in connection with a) a violation of any provision of these Terms by you or b) your violation of the rights of Omime Designs LLC or any other person or entity.
We may, in our sole discretion, control the disposition of any such claim at your sole cost and expense. This defense and indemnification obligation is intended to extend to the fullest extent permitted by law and will survive these Terms and your use of the Site.
No Waiver; Severability:
Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision, and our failure to exercise or enforce any right or remedy in these Terms does not waive that right or remedy. The provisions of these terms are intended to extend to the fullest extent permitted by law. No waiver of any term of these Terms will be binding unless in writing.
Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of our Site or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Other Clauses
Entire Agreement:
The terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties.
You understand and acknowledge that we may update these Terms and Conditions at any time.
Severability:
If any part of the terms and conditions is found unenforceable, the rest of the agreement remains valid.
Effective date:
01/01/2026