Former Monkeys co-founder Justin Drape and former M&C Saatchi ECD Michael Canning launch new venture Exceptional ALIEN
Exceptional ALIEN is a new venture co-founded by former co-founder of The Monkeys Justin Drape (left) and former M&C Saatchi executive creative director Michael Canning (right).
Exceptional Alien shares the travel experiences and projects of global creators, and places that inspire them.
It is a borderless global creative community, with a purpose of inspiring people to see the world through diverse perspectives.
Along with existing editorial content, there is a podcast series, an original travel series and some tech to come that ties it all together – all in various stages of development.
For Drape and Canning it has been an absolute privilege to learn about and share the inspiring stories of the people from around the world with stories of creativity and travel to date.
Exceptional Alien has already assembled a fast growing and talented studio team, including Lauren O’Shea, Mikaela Aitken, John Eagleton and Jacinta Manivong.
Says Drape and Canning: “We’re all looking forward to sharing many more inspiring stories about exceptional people and places as we design and build this borderless global community.”
You can be first to hear updates on Exceptional Alien by registering your interest at https://beta.exceptionalalien.com/
And follow Exceptional Alien Instagram here for the latest: https://www.instagram.com/exceptionalalien/?hl=en
Photo credit: Derek Henderson
8 Comments
Good luck Aliens.
I look forward to reading about your future success.
Slick design
Nice one fellas
Eh? What is it… actually
We all spend so much of our time and headspace building other people’s brands (Some of us get paid well for it and some of us don’t) so its darn good when you see these sorts of ideas coming to life from creative, genuine people. Good on em.
I see brand collaborations in their future.
Cool concept. Creativity and travel.
Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Youtube, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Air B&B the biggest provider of accomodation has no hotels.
And potentially the worlds biggest agency employs no creatives it would seem?
Like the angle.
They thought Zuckerberg was nuts too, most of the smartest people are. Great news guys.
Good to see two of industries brightest minds breaking the old mould here.
Was right there guys. Hire me?