ODIN the system
The seeker of wisdom — the god who traded an eye for knowledge. We don't learn from looking at vans; we learn from using them.
A single cabinet, or a pair one each side — like Odin's two ravens, Thought and Memory.
About CybaVans
Built from experience.
Not convention.
Most campervan furniture is copied from what came before it — slightly adjusted and sold as new. Ours wasn't copied from anything. It came from using a van, and finding out what was wrong with it.
Where it started
The VW T2 Viking
My Dad's first camper was a VW T2 Viking Westfalia with a Space Saver roof.
We were a family of six. On summer holidays we travelled through Europe in it — through the Alps and down to Italy. We didn't stay in one place. Each night was a different place.
That kind of trip teaches you things a showroom never will. Not in theory — in daily use. Setting up and packing down somewhere new. Six people moving around a small space. Trying to reach one thing without moving everything else.
Dad learned exactly what he didn't like about conventional campervan layouts. Not from looking at one. From using one.
Family of
6
Alps to Italy, every summer
The first build
The VW LT40
The Viking became too small for six of us. Dad sold it and bought a VW LT40.
When I was in my early teens we converted it ourselves. This time we weren't copying another campervan. Dad had already travelled with one and knew what frustrated him, so we designed the LT40 around those lessons — solving problems we'd actually experienced.
The layout worked. And it stayed with me.
2016 onwards
VW T6 → ODIN
- Camper on Saturday
- Work van on Monday
- Empty on Tuesday
A new chapter
The T6 and ODIN
Years later I bought my own VW T6 panel van, and I came back to that LT40 layout.
There was a reason. It had been developed through experience, not copied from a conventional design.
But by then I had my own ideas. I started adapting it — focusing on access to storage and how the different parts of the van worked together. I wanted to keep what worked and solve the frustrations that come from actually using a van.
That process became ODIN.
Why the names
The van that started all of this was called a Viking, so when it came to naming what we built from it, the Norse thread felt right.
FRIGGA the fridge cabinet
The keeper of the household — the one who knows what's in her hall. The name barely needs explaining: Frigga, fridge.
FREYJA the storage cabinet
Goddess of treasure — her necklace, Brísingamen, was the great prize of the Norse world. It's where the valuable things live.
Freyja and Frigga are additions, usually in Kombi vans once the second row of seats comes out — they fill the space the seats left behind.
What we hold to
Built from experience. Not convention.
We learn by using vans, not by looking at them.
We don't copy. We know why we're doing it.
There's a reason behind everything. If we can't explain why something exists, we redesign it.
Every layout is multi-functional.
There's no single-purpose furniture in the system. If a part only does one thing, it isn't finished.
One system, tailored to your van and your needs.
We don't compromise on the principles. We tailor the configuration.
Today
A workshop in Manchester
CybaVans is a design and manufacturing workshop in Manchester. We CNC-manufacture modular furniture from precision-cut birch ply. Every system is built to order, and every part is designed for real use.
We're not selling a lifestyle. We're selling furniture that works with your life — whatever that looks like.
~200
layouts shipped
0
warranty claims since 2023
1 yr
warranty
Built from experience. Not convention.
Tell us your van and how you use it, and we'll tell you exactly which configuration fits — and why.