At age 12, André Mercoiret was already offering to help out in the woodwork studios in his village, Saint-Jean-du-Gard, out of pure passion for wood. Years at university studying theology and the science of games and toys were interspersed with years in woodworking and carpentry companies. At the same time, with Les Compagnons du Devoir, he trained in technical drawing. Passionate about the periodic occupation of the plane, in 2016, he came up with the idea for honeycomb flooring, and founded a company to prove its viability.