How It Works
Zero-entry project management for interior design studios.
The project record builds itself. No data entry. Ever.
The problem
Every other tool is a data entry job.
You did the work. Then the software asks you to do it again.
When the studio is busy, the logging falls behind. When the logging falls behind, the record falls behind.
The problem is not your team. It is the model.
The solution
Archen builds the record from what you already do.
You send an email. Your client approves a finish. A scope change comes in on a Tuesday.
Archen reads all of it. The actual communication, where it lives. The approval buried in reply 14. The decision from three months ago that nobody can find.
You do not change how you work. The record builds itself.
The difference
Zero behavior change. Nothing new to learn.
The email you were going to send is the record. The recap you were going to write is the record. The approval recap you sent after the site visit is the record.
What it captures
What Archen captures automatically.
Powder room tile - approved
The sign-off buried in a long thread.
Vellum white, matte finish
Material choices, finish selections, the “we’re going with this” from three months ago.
Add island outlet · +$1,250
The add-on request and the written client response that turns into a dispute at billing.
Lighting - 6 weeks from order
Order confirmations, lead times, spec changes after first shipment.
Millwork direction confirmed
Site visit notes and contractor direction, when documented in a follow-up.
Firms with formal written approvals at every design phase have 60% fewer late-stage revisions and 40% fewer scope disputes. Archen builds that written record without a single extra step.
The 60% DifferenceWhy Archen
Why no other tool can say this.
Every project management tool on the market assumes your team will do the logging. That is what they were built around.
Zero-entry is not a feature you add to a manual-entry platform. It requires a different architecture. Archen was built from the start to read communication, not wait for someone to summarize it.
The honest edge
What Archen does not capture.
Purely verbal approvals are the one gap. The yes from a call with no written follow-up anywhere.
The fix is one line in any channel before the call ends: "Confirming your approval of the Arabescato Marble for the kitchen backsplash as discussed." Thirty seconds. Then Archen has it.
Zero-entry does not mean zero communication. It means zero additional work for the record you already need.
Founding 50
You are invited to help shape what comes next.
Fifty founding firms. A direct line to the team, a real say in the roadmap, and the first look at everything new, the self-updating client portal included.
Fifty seats. Applications are open now.
50 founding firms · Direct access to the team · A voice in what we build next