Lucid Motors

Deliverables
Sonic Branding, Strategy and UX Sound Design for Lucid Air
Application
In Car UX, TV Advertising, Digital, Social

Project Overview

Lucid Motors is redefining automotive design, and we were thrilled to craft their sonic branding and UX sound for the Lucid Air. Over two years, we collaborated with their brand and UX teams to create a refined sound ecosystem—one that mirrors Lucid’s high-design aesthetic and enhances the entire user experience.

Future Luxury

In-car sound must be clear and communicative, but for Lucid, it also needed to embody future luxury and intelligent design. To enhance immersion, we designed with depth, space, and layered warmth—creating a rich, elegant palette softer than typical automotive UX. Inspired by air itself, we wove in natural sonic textures and flowing melodic phrases, reinforcing Lucid’s identity in every sound.

 

Future Luxury System

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    Melodic Phrasing

    Soft rhodes phrasings that blend together

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    Harmonic Textures

    Harmonic textures that add depth

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    Organic Textures

    Organic textures that give a sense of space and movement

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    Warm Harmonic Beds

    Rich harmonic beds that ground the soundscape

The welcome experience and ringtone are both longer form key brand moments. For Welcome, we created a melody that follows the 5 letters in Lucid while having a soft, ethereal textures to support the visuals of the car waking up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spectrum of Design

 

We begin by mapping interactions on a Branded vs. Functional and Calm vs. Urgent spectrum. In automotive UX, urgency scaling is critical—sounds must guide driver response effectively. This framework shapes our design, ensuring clarity, responsiveness, and brand cohesion across the experience.

Branded Sounds: More layered, colorful or melodic and longer form.

Functional Sounds: Simplistic, minimal layers, less melodic, shorter form.

Calm Sound: Softer timbre, low to mid range frequencies, slower cadence patterns, longer decay, consonant harmony.

Urgent Sounds: Percussive timbre, higher range frequencies, faster cadence patterns, tight decay, potential dissonant harmony

 

Spectrum of Design Examples

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    Branded (Welcome)

    Layered, colorful or melodic and longer form

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    Functional (Turn Signal)

    Simplistic, minimal layers, less melodic

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    Calm (Seatbelt Chime)

    Softer timbre, slower cadence patterns, longer decay, consonant harmony

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    Urgent (Cross Traffic Protection)

    Percussive timbre, higher range frequencies, faster cadence patterns, tight decay, potential dissonant harmony