Archiyou is an online library of customizable designs - from furniture, basic building components to bigger constructions and architectural projects. So if you want to start building something that fits you, just configure your design and download the plans.

Archiyou is a platform for everybody who wants to build custom things, but wants to skip all the preparation work of design and information gathering. Our primary focus is on do-it-yourself and professional makers. Behind the scenes Archiyou is a tool too, for designers to codify their designs and publish them.

All our designs and plans are customizable and generated by and for you. So no one-size-fits all. We believe that building is about variation, knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation and we created new methods to facilitate that online.

In essence Archiyou is a publication platform that codifies designs so they can be freely customized online and within less than a minute turned into a plan with all the required information to start building. Behind the publication platform is our free editor that you can use to make and codify your own design and related documentation. The source code of the core of Archiyou is open source.

We hope to introduce plans with imperial units soon. Sorry we are from Europe and mostly use the metric system.

We are constantly looking for, and developing new products. But that takes time. But please let us know what product you would like. In the meantime follow our social media channels to keep informed of new launches.

In the product configurators we balance ease of use and simplicity with freedom. We want to avoid long lists of parameters. But still, let us know what you are missing. If you are up for it, you can view and edit the source code of a product to expand it yourself.

We develop collections around product groups, building methods, designers or lifestyles. If you have any good ideas let us know.

Because plans are dynamically generated they are always a bit different. Sometimes this causes problems with drawings, annotations or calculations, impacting readability and potentially the validity of the plan itself. Please check the documentation before you begin. If you notice any major issues please send the plan to us, so we can fix the issues. Of course we’ll always refund any purchases in that case.

Sorry to hear that. We started simple with our plans and intend to expand on them later. For example with step-by-step instructions. Please let us know what you need so we can prioritize better. Of course we’ll always refund any purchases in that case.

We think so too. But plans are generated by our platform and are not hand-made. We still need to implement things like nice labels, other special annotations like for fasteners, icons, fancy graphical styling, fixed drawing scales among many other things. This takes time, but we are working on it. Just check back every now and then to see the improvements we made!

Not yet, but we are working on it.

How a result turns out depends on many factors. We can’t guarantee the outcome in any way. Some combinations of parameters - in combination with material choices or other details - might result in a structurally weakened product, so please verify yourself if the model makes sense to you before-hand and test the build before use. It’s always good to overdimension a little bit! We can’t accept any responsibility for when things go wrong. But still, we would value any feedback!

Yes. Please let us know. If we like your design we will make it parametric and publish it in the Archiyou Library. That way your design can reach a big audience. Any money that we make by potentially selling the plans we share with you; depending on your involvement the revenue sharing is 25 to 50%.

Just the opposite. We think that we help each other. We know that there are a lot of good designers with great ideas and products, but you might not get the chance to develop it or scale it up because you don’t find a client willing to pay for it, a producer to make it or a label to market it. On Archiyou the design is leading, we help to codify it, document it and publish it. When it's good, people will download the plan and make it and you get paid while your design makes a global impact. Sounds pretty good right? Just contact us.

Archiyou tries to be a bit different. We believe that more knowledge sharing and building on each other's contributions within design can make the market a lot bigger and more creative. That said, we respect design copyright. We develop a lot of our products ourselves, or in collaboration with designers. We know how much work it is. Contact us if you come across any errors or omissions so we can take appropriate action.

We are considering a special account for professionals. To be able to have more configuration options in our products and download files like CAD drawings and excel sheets. In the future we might create tools to help DIY makers start a business. Please contact us if you would like to join or have any ideas.

For producers we offer multiple solutions to reach customers, automate the design and production and handle orders and offers. Please contact us for more information.