Terms of Use

Last updated: September 5 2026

1. Who This Agreement Is Between

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you (the person reading, visiting, or using this site — "you") and me, Jens Koester ("I," "me," or "my"), operating RAUMWONDER from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

By visiting raumwonder.com (the "Site"), subscribing to the newsletter, commenting, or buying anything from the shop, you agree to these Terms.

If you have questions about anything here, email me at jk@jens-koester.com.

2. What RAUMWONDER Is

RAUMWONDER is a personal publication — a website, a newsletter, and a small digital shop about the latest interior design, fashion, and lifestyle trends.

  • A publication of essays, observations, and weekly reflections

  • A newsletter sent to subscribers who have asked for it

  • Eventually, a small digital shop selling guides, and similar items

  • A community, via the comments section and the Substack Chat, for people who want to talk about any of the above

3. Your Right to Use the Site

You can visit the Site, read anything on it, subscribe to the newsletter, and buy the digital products by downloading them.

What you can't do:

  • Copy substantial portions of the writing, photography, or other content and republish it on your own website, social media, newsletter, or printed materials without my permission

  • Sell, license, or commercially distribute any of the content

  • Use the content to train machine-learning models or for any automated scraping

  • Use the RAUMWONDER name, logo, or visual identity to suggest I endorse your products, services, or opinions when I don't

  • Use the Site to do anything illegal, harmful, abusive, or harassing

For most normal uses — sharing a link, quoting a sentence or two with attribution, forwarding a newsletter issue to a friend — I'm delighted. If you're unsure whether something falls within reasonable use, email me and ask.

4. What Belongs to Me (Intellectual Property)

All the original content on this Site — the essays, photographs, illustrations, videos, designs, audio, the name "RAUMWONDER," the newsletter, the digital products, and the visual identity — is my intellectual property. It's protected by Canadian and international copyright, trademark, and related laws.

When you subscribe, comment, or buy something, you're not getting ownership of that content — you're getting permission to use it as described in Section 3.

If you'd like to use something more substantially (reprint an essay, include the work in a book or course, use a photograph commercially), email me at jk@jens-koester.com . The answer is often yes — with attribution and sometimes a small arrangement — but please ask first.

5. Comments, Replies, and Community Conduct

If commenting is enabled on posts, newsletters, or in Substack Chat, please be thoughtful. A few ground rules:

What I encourage:

  • Honest reflection

  • Genuine questions

  • Disagreement, politely expressed

  • Sharing your own experience

  • Recommending books or resources

What I don't allow:

  • Personal attacks on me or other community members

  • Harassment, hate speech, or discrimination of any kind

  • Spam, promotional content, or self-promotion disguised as commentary

  • Unsolicited medical, nutritional, or therapeutic advice directed at other community members

  • Attempts to sell products, services, or programs

  • Anything illegal

I reserve the right to remove comments, replies, or community contributions that violate these rules, and to remove or block users who repeatedly do so.

When you post a comment, reply, or other content, you're granting me a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display it on the Site. You keep ownership of what you wrote, I will never publish your comment or reply elsewhere (newsletter, Instagram, marketing materials) without asking you first.

6. Third-Party Links, Services, and Recommendations

The Site links to a lot of things — books, tools, other writers, occasionally products. When I link to something, I'm doing so because I personally recommend it, not because anyone is paying me to.

Important to know:

  • External websites I link to have their own Terms of Use and Privacy Policies. I'm not responsible for their content or practices.

  • I don't currently use affiliate links. If I start in the future, I'll disclose it clearly on any post that contains one, and I'll add an Affiliate Disclosure page to the footer.

  • Third-party services this Site depends on (Substack, Squarespace, Stripe, Printful, Google, and so on) have their own terms that apply to your use of their platforms. The relevant links are in the Privacy Policy.

7. Purchases from the Shop

Once the shop is active, specific terms will appear at the point of sale — including price, delivery method, refund policy, and any product-specific notes.

General principles that will apply:

  • Prices will be listed in Canadian dollars (CAD) unless stated otherwise.

  • Applicable taxes (GST/HST for Canadian customers, local taxes where required) will be added at checkout.

  • Digital products (PDFs, or guides) are delivered via download link or email after payment clears.

  • Physical products (merchandise) will include their own shipping terms.

  • Refund policies will be clearly stated before purchase. Digital products are typically non-refundable once downloaded; I'll always say so before you buy.

Until the shop is live, this section is informational only. When it goes live, these Terms will be updated and a more detailed Shop Terms & Refund Policy will be added.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, RAUMWONDER, Jens Koester, and any associated parties are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Site, the content, the newsletter, or any products purchased — including but not limited to damages related to loss of data, loss of profits, injury, illness, emotional distress, or any other loss or harm, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not I was advised of the possibility of such damages. The Site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

This limitation doesn't attempt to exclude any liability that can't legally be excluded under the laws of Ontario, Canada, or your local jurisdiction. If something here isn't enforceable where you live, the rest of the Terms still apply.

9. Indemnification

If you use the Site in a way that violates these Terms, breaks the law, or harms someone else, and that causes me to face a legal claim, complaint, or expense, you agree to cover those costs.

10. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Any disputes that can't be resolved through friendly conversation will be handled in the courts of Ontario.

If you're reading this from another country, I understand your local laws may also apply in certain situations — particularly consumer-protection and data-privacy laws in Europe and the US. Nothing in these Terms is intended to override protections that apply to you by law where you live.

Before any legal process, though: please email me. Most disagreements can be resolved in a single message.

11. Changes to These Terms

As RAUMWONDER grows — when the shop launches, when new platforms are added — these Terms will need to be updated.

When that happens:

  • The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will change.

  • Your continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't, you're free to unsubscribe or stop using the Site.

12. If Part of These Terms Isn't Enforceable

If any section or sentence of these Terms turns out to be legally unenforceable in your jurisdiction, the rest of the document still applies. The unenforceable part will be treated as if it had been written to be enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by law — or, if that's not possible, removed.

13. Contact

  • Email: jk@jens-koester.com

  • Mail: Jens Koester, Everyday Anchors, Jens Koester Consulting, Venture X North York​, 5255 Yonge St Unit 201, Toronto, ON, M2N 6P4, Canada

Legal questions, licensing requests, comments on anything here — email me. I usually reply within a few days.