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Nancy Boehm
Interaction designerNancy Boehm is a young interaction designer specializing in smart textiles. Based in Paris, she works as a freelance consultant on innovative wearables for companies. She is also a young entrepreneur in the smart textiles field and an active member of the fashiontech ecosystem.
With a background in traditional textiles and fashion, she learned the fundamentals of electronics at a Parisian hackerspace. She created her first wearable technology piece in 2011 and has continued developing new projects ever since. She later completed a master’s degree in Interaction Design, during which she collaborated with engineers, doctors, scientists and hackers on a wide range of projects.
Nancy is the secretary of LaFashiontech, the first French association dedicated to innovative and responsible fashion. She also works part-time as a fashiontech show co-coordinator and blogs about positive-impact innovation and smart textiles.
Maase is a sensory communication tool designed to foster a more empathetic connection with the world, the senses and loved ones through discreet technology integrated into traditional textiles. Its Maase Home version is a smart shawl developed for older people, offering a comforting companion to help reduce isolation and maintain contact with relatives.
The project combines craftsmanship, wellbeing and technology, prioritising tangible interfaces and a balance between nature and innovation. Its prototype received positive feedback from older users and professionals across healthcare, fashion, marketing and technology.
The team aims to develop Maase Home in two stages: first, as an autonomous product controlled by its user, and later as a connected device capable of receiving multisensory messages from friends and family through an app. Their goal is to make meaningful, sensory communication accessible to a wider audience while securing manufacturing and distribution partners.
