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Home & desk

The sticky note and the grocery list for the fridge, the Wi-Fi coaster, the calendar, the Tilde Stand and the Stand Mini.

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home & desk

No 3D printer? Ask a friend or a makerspace (most have one), or pick one up at the Tilde booth at Web Summit, Lisbon, November 9–12.

Sticky note

Printable now

A printed sticky note for the fridge or the desk, with a tap icon and an NFC sticker inside.

see an example →

get the files: the notes on GitHub: open it in OpenSCAD’s Customizer, choose the Type, and export a 3MF. The Model Maker on MakerWorld once its listing is public.

The note you’d leave for the family (the Wi-Fi, who to call, when you’re back) as a tap you update from your phone, not a scrawl you rewrite.

A yellow sticky note on a pale fridge door beside its handle: a black tap icon at its top left, its bottom right corner folded over in white.
The sticky note: magnets inside, an NFC sticker under the tap icon.
The yellow sticky note opened: its face lifted off the back, and in the back three round magnets and a black NFC sticker in their wells, a curved notch at one corner for lifting it apart.
Inside: three magnets and the NFC sticker, hidden behind the face.
how it works
  • Tap the tap icon: the sticker is under it.
  • Today: it opens whatever you write to it, like any sticker: a link, your contact card, your guest Wi-Fi.
  • Coming in the next app update, notes: write a note in Tilde (“Back at 6, dinner’s in the fridge”), then Write a sticker. A tap opens the note on a page, on any phone, with no app. To change it, edit it in Tilde and tap the sticker again.
  • Anyone who taps it can read it.
  • On the fridge: magnets in the back. On a desk: the cradle, or the thin back.
use cases
  • Guest Wi-Fi on the fridge: Android guests tap; iPhones scan a Wi-Fi code.
  • A note for the family: for the sitter or the kids (coming in the next app update).
  • Save my contact: the family’s numbers, as a contact card.
  • A link: the school calendar, the takeout menu.
pairs well with
for makerswhat you need, sizes, options
what you need
  • NFC sticker: 1 round 25 mm sticker (an NTAG216 holds a full contact card; an NTAG215 is fine for a link); an anti-metal one (25 × 1.0 mm, ferrite side down) for the thick backs on a fridge.
  • Magnets: 10 × 2 mm, 3 for the large note (1 for the small).
  • Glue: for the folded corner.
  • Printer: two or three colors.
  • Difficulty: easy.
options
  • Size: large (76 mm) or small (51 mm).
  • The tap icon: on or off, in a corner or the center.
  • The back: thin (no magnets), thick solid, or thick and light.
  • Magnets: outside, inside, or off. A pry cutaway to lift it, and a folded corner.
  • A cradle for the desk.
  • Colors: yellow and black, or your own.
size and materials

76 × 76 mm (small 51 × 51); the face is 1.6 mm, a thick back 5 mm. PLA, about 21 g (thin back) to 36 g (thick solid).

Grocery list

Printable now

A printed list for the fridge, handwritten-style (“milk, bread, eggs”), with an NFC sticker inside.

see an example →

get the files: the notes on GitHub: open it in OpenSCAD’s Customizer, choose the Type, and export a 3MF. The Model Maker on MakerWorld once its listing is public.

The list on the fridge is never the one in your pocket.

A white grocery list on a pale fridge door: "groceries" handwritten in navy and underlined, milk and eggs ticked, bread crossed out, and a last row reading "tap for list" with a hand-drawn tap icon; its corner folded over in khaki.
The grocery list: tap the last row's icon with your phone.
The white grocery list opened: its handwritten face lifted off the back, and in the back three round magnets and a black NFC sticker in their wells, a curved notch at one corner for lifting it apart.
Inside: three magnets and the NFC sticker, hidden behind the face.
how it works
  • Today: a tap opens whatever you write to the sticker, such as a link. Tilde doesn’t make lists yet.
  • Coming in the next app update, lists: make the list in Tilde, then Write a sticker. A tap opens the list on a page with tick boxes, on any phone, with no app. Your ticks stay on your phone; they don’t change the list on the fridge. To update it, edit it in Tilde and tap the sticker again.
  • It doesn’t sync: the list on the page is what’s on the sticker. Only its owner updates it, in Tilde.
  • Anyone who taps it can read the list.
use cases
  • The shopping list on the fridge: tap it on the way out, and the list is on your phone (coming in the next app update).
  • The week’s meal plan, the same way (coming in the next app update).
pairs well with
for makerswhat you need, sizes, options
what you need
  • NFC sticker: 1 round 25 mm sticker, under the tap doodle (an NTAG216 holds a full contact card; an NTAG215 is fine for a link); anti-metal for the thick backs on a fridge.
  • Magnets: 10 × 2 mm, 3.
  • Glue: for the folded corner.
  • Printer: three colors.
  • Difficulty: easy.
options
  • Size: tall (76 × 102 mm) or short (76 × 76).
  • The print: a title and up to six items, each open, ticked or struck; the tap row’s words and layout.
  • The back, magnets, cradle and colors: as the sticky note (white, navy and khaki by default).
size and materials

76 × 102 mm (short 76 × 76); the face is 1.6 mm. PLA, about 28 g (tall).

Wi-Fi coaster

Printable now

A weighted coaster with your Wi-Fi’s QR code and network name on top, and an NFC sticker under the Wi-Fi icon.

get the files: the Wi-Fi coaster on GitHub: open it in OpenSCAD’s Customizer and export a 3MF. The Model Maker on MakerWorld once its listing is public.

“What’s the Wi-Fi?”, answered without reading out a password.

how it works
  • Scan: the printed Wi-Fi code joins the network, on iPhones and Android phones.
  • Tap the Wi-Fi icon: an Android phone offers Connect. iPhones scan the code.
  • A new password: rewrite the sticker with the app; the printed code needs a new top.
use cases
  • Guest Wi-Fi at home: on the coffee table.
  • A café or a shared office: the code at every table (with the owner’s OK).
  • A holiday rental.
pairs well with
for makerswhat you need, sizes, options
what you need
  • NFC sticker: 1 round sticker, 25 mm: an NTAG216 holds a full contact card; an NTAG215 is fine for a link or your guest Wi-Fi. Search “NTAG216 25mm round NFC sticker”.
  • Weight: up to 16 M8 fender washers, DIN 9021 (24 mm across; US 5/16” fender washers are larger and won’t fit).
  • Underneath: a 96 mm cork or felt disc, or three 12 mm felt pads.
  • Printer: multi-color; on an A1 mini, print the parts one at a time.
  • Difficulty: medium.
options
  • Your network: its name, password, security, and whether it’s hidden.
  • The face: five layouts, the code or the icon first, the name shown or not, the code’s square size, the code inlaid or on a separate label.
  • The ring: threaded, bayonet, or none (the top drops in).
  • Colors: black, white and orange, nine more schemes, or your own.
  • Weight and base: washers on or off, how many per well, a flat underside or recesses for felt pads, the sticker’s size.
size and materials

100 mm across, 15 mm tall with the ring. PLA, 4 walls.

Calendar

Printable now

A tear-off-style desk calendar page (the month, the day, the weekday) that opens your booking page with a tap.

get the files: the notes on GitHub: open it in OpenSCAD’s Customizer, choose the Type, and export a 3MF. The Model Maker on MakerWorld once its listing is public.

“When are you free?”, answered with a tap instead of a thread of messages.

A tear-off desk calendar page in a white cradle on an oak desk beside a phone: a row of binding holes, a red NOV header, a big black 9 and MONDAY, and a small tap icon at the bottom left.
The desk calendar in its cradle; it lifts out for the fridge.
The calendar page opened: its face lifted off the back, the binding holes through both, and in the back three round magnets and a black NFC sticker in their wells, a curved notch at one corner.
Inside: three magnets and the NFC sticker, hidden behind the face.
how it works
  • Tap the tap mark (bottom left): it opens your booking page (Calendly, a Google appointment page, any booking link). Write the link with Tilde’s Write a sticker, or NFC Tools on an iPhone.
  • Today mode prints TODAY with “tap to book”, so it never goes out of date.
  • On a desk in the cradle, or on the fridge with magnets.
use cases
  • Book a meeting: your booking page.
  • An event’s date: a tap opens the event’s schedule.
  • An evergreen desk page: “TODAY · tap to book”.
pairs well with
for makerswhat you need, sizes, options
what you need
  • NFC sticker: 1 round 25 mm sticker (an NTAG216 holds a full contact card; an NTAG215 is fine for a link); anti-metal for the thick backs on a fridge.
  • Magnets: 10 × 2 mm, 3 (optional).
  • Printer: three colors.
  • Print time: about 55 min.
  • Difficulty: easy.
options
  • The page: the month, the day and the weekday, or Today mode.
  • The binding: holes, a printed band and line, or none.
  • The back, magnets, cradle and colors: as the sticky note (white, red and black by default).
size and materials

70 × 80 mm; the face is 1.6 mm. PLA, about 23 g.

Tilde Stand

Printable now

A weighted stand for a shelf or a counter, its face tilted toward you. With its Wi-Fi top, it shows your Wi-Fi’s code to scan and an NFC sticker to tap.

get the files: the Tilde Stand on GitHub (Piece: Tilde Stand): open it in OpenSCAD’s Customizer and export a 3MF. The Model Maker on MakerWorld once its listing is public.

Guest Wi-Fi where people stand, not on a card behind the till.

The Tilde Stand with its Wi-Fi top on a kitchen counter: a black turned stand, its tilted gray face holding a khaki Wi-Fi code label and an orange Wi-Fi icon, and a phone tapping the icon to join the network.
how it works

As the Wi-Fi coaster. The sticker sits under the icon at the front of the face. A new password needs a new code label.

use cases
pairs well with
for makerswhat you need, sizes, options
what you need
  • NFC sticker: 1 round sticker, 25 mm: an NTAG216 holds a full contact card; an NTAG215 is fine for a link or your guest Wi-Fi. Search “NTAG216 25mm round NFC sticker”.
  • Weight: up to 16 M8 fender washers, DIN 9021, and a 2 mm cork disc for the cup’s floor.
  • Printer: multi-color; the parts fit an A1 mini’s plate.
  • Difficulty: medium.
options
  • The look: turned lines or flutes round the body; the face tilted 15° or 20°.
  • Your network, the face, colors and sticker: as the coaster.
  • Weight: on or off.
size and materials

78 mm across; 16 mm at the front, 36.6 at the back. The top is keyed square by two pegs, and the weight sits in a cup that screws off underneath. PLA.

Stand Mini

Coming soon

A small weighted stand that holds one earless Premium coin face up on your desk, tilted toward you.

get the files: coming soon.

Your coins on the desk, ready to tap, and easy to switch.

The Stand Mini on an oak desk beside a phone: a small black stand holding a khaki Premium coin with tap waves and the word home, its face tilted toward you.
how it works
  • Tap the coin in the stand: it opens whatever that coin’s sticker holds.
  • Switching coins: unscrew the ring, lift the coin out, drop another in.
use cases
pairs well with
for makerswhat you need, sizes, options
what you need
  • An earless Premium coin, with its sticker.
  • Weight (optional): 6 M8 fender washers, DIN 9021, and a 2 mm cork disc.
  • Difficulty: easy.
options

None yet: its file is coming with its first print.

size and materials

49.4 mm across; 16 mm at the front, 29.2 at the back; the face at 15°. Holds one earless Premium coin (36 × 36 mm). PLA, black.