Handoff Is a Process, Not a File
Great design lost in a sloppy handoff ships as a mediocre product. Handoff isn't the moment you export a file; it's an ongoing conversation between design and build.
The details that make a design feel premium live in that conversation, not in the static mockup.
Document the Why, Not Just the What
Specs tell a developer what a screen looks like; they rarely explain why. When the reasoning is clear, developers make better calls in the gaps no mockup covers.
We note intent alongside the pixels, so decisions survive the jump into code.
Build a Shared Language With Developers
When design tokens and component names match between the design file and the codebase, handoff stops being translation. The two sides are talking about the same things.
A shared vocabulary removes a whole category of miscommunication before it starts.
Review in the Browser, Not the Mockup
A design only counts when it looks right on a real device, at real sizes, with real content. Reviewing the built version catches the drift a static comparison misses.
We do design QA on the live build, so the thing that ships matches the thing that was designed.
