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Why Your AI Generated Product Photos Might Be Costing You Sales
Parker Stroud 1/9/26 Parker Stroud 1/9/26

Why Your AI Generated Product Photos Might Be Costing You Sales

Gen Z isn't detecting AI images as well as they think, but they're punishing brands for using them anyway. Here's what the data says about AI imagery and trust.

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Being the Only Nonbinary Person in the Room in Design and Marketing
Parker Stroud 29/7/26 Parker Stroud 29/7/26

Being the Only Nonbinary Person in the Room in Design and Marketing

On being nonbinary in design and marketing and rarely seeing anyone like you in the senior seats. What that isolation actually looks like, and what helps.

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I Learned Accessibility by Hitting the Barriers First
Parker Stroud 12/7/26 Parker Stroud 12/7/26

I Learned Accessibility by Hitting the Barriers First

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Your Audience Doesn’t Want AI
Parker Stroud 12/7/26 Parker Stroud 12/7/26

Your Audience Doesn’t Want AI

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A vegan coffee shop shouldn't have to lecture anyone to prove it's doing the right thing. That was the whole brief behind Second Nature, a coffee and merch brand we built for a generation that can spot performative sustainability a mile off. Instead
I noticed a lot of brands copy their competitors' content strategy and wonder why it doesn't convert. A good framework applied with someone else's tone still won't work. Trust comes from a voice people recognise, not a formula they've seen before. I
I built FACECARD around one idea: skincare marketing that shows real skin instead of promising perfect skin. These mockups are the packaging, the visual language, and the branding decisions behind that. No airbrushed close-ups, no "flawless&quo
Most agencies pitch you a client-generation machine. Manx doesn't work that way. The truth is, more leads won't fix a brand that isn't clear about what it does or who it's for. What actually moves the needle is being specific: picking one thing your
A lot of people think a rebrand will fix a page that isn't converting. Usually it won't. I've noticed most brands blame the visuals first. New logo, new colours, new fonts, and the traffic still doesn't turn into enquiries. That's because the actual
Something I've learnt building brands for other people: you can't wait until an idea feels finished before you show it to anyone. That's basically why Manx looks a little different starting now. The studio's named after Manxmouse, a story about a cr
I did 5 marketing courses this year, and only one of them told me not to rely on AI for everything. That one was the only course on the list that didn't feel like it was purely marketing it's own company. It's easy to assume more certifications mean

Manx Studios acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we operate, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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