Studio Hours · Episode 14 of 20

Handover without heartbreak

Northwind Studio September 11, 2026 4 min read

What a design system handover should include so the work survives the next hire.

In this episode we walk through the brief, the first round that did not work, and the change that made the second round land. The full conversation is in the video and on the podcast; these are the notes.

If you are commissioning something similar, the short version is at the end: what to ask for, what to leave open, and when to say no.

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