Hey, I'm Adam Sedwick Design & Product Operations Lead

A little about me
Adam Sedwick is a design and product operations lead at Discovery Education with over a decade of experience designing, building, and managing digital products and design systems.
Check out some recent writing
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In 2021 and 2023 NASA issues two interactive graphic novels under the title “First Woman.” According to their press releases they were abou...
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It’s been roughly 4 weeks since my last post, not great for my “1 post a week” goal. Rather than pretending like it didn’t happen, I thought...
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Design feedback is a crucial part of the creative process, allowing designers to refine and improve their work. However, implementing feedba...
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One of the highlights of my recent UK trip was a special meet-and-greet and tour of Anfield Stadium. If you're a soccer fan (or football, as...
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User-Centered Design is a common approach to creating products that truly resonate with users. By focusing on the needs, wants, and limitati...
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Holy Pumpkin Spice Batman, it’s September! I feel like the last few months have been a bit of a blur. General Life Despite the title of this...

Nebula Design System
The Nebula Design System was created for Discovery Education's digital product experiences. It consists of visual language guidelines, vue components, and Figma assets. The system provides a premium solution for designers and developers with a focus on usability and accessibility for educators and students.

Accessibility Playbook
In an effort to not only help the teams I work with, but the larger digital product community I created what I'm calling the Accessibility Playbook, a manual for teams and individuals to reference in order to ensure the products and experiences they create can be used by the largest number of people.