SONAR from Tidal

UX/UI & Branding

My role

UX/UI Designer

Duration

3 months

Product

App & Campaign

What's the problem?

The music streaming landscape is dominated by platforms prioritizing catalog size and exclusive content. While vast libraries offer choice, these services often neglect audio quality and innovative features. This creates a gap in the market for a more immersive and personalized listening experience.


Users crave a deeper connection with their music, beyond simple playback. They desire features that transform their listening habits and elevate their audio enjoyment. Existing platforms fall short in delivering this level of engagement and innovation.

Here's the solution.

SONAR, powered by Tidal’s high-definition audio and AI music generation, reimagines the music streaming experience. By introducing four groundbreaking features, SONAR aims to revolutionize how users interact with and enjoy their music.


SONAR offers a comprehensive solution to the limitations of current music streaming platforms. By combining cutting-edge technology with a deep understanding of user needs, SONAR delivers a truly transformative audio experience.

Watch the case study

Explore the features of SONAR from Tidal, as well as the coinciding campaign.

Flow

Hear your favorite albums in a brand new way with Seamless. Transform an album into a new genre or style with our SONAR AI remix engine.

Encore

Transport yourself into immersive live audio with Encore. Turn any album or playlist into a custom set-list using our new SONAR AI technology.

Soundscape

Enter a new realm of music-listening with Soundscape. Using VR technology and SONAR AI, your music turns into an immersive visual experience.

Hybrid

Bend genres and mix up your favorite music with Stylize. An R&B classic just became an experimental rock album using new SONAR AI tech.

Designed for Virtual Reality

For the first time ever, we’re bringing TIDAL to a brand new reality. TIDAL for Apple Vision Pro is now available free on visionOS.

Where's the project?

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SONAR x Rough Trade

The best way to get people informed about SONAR is for them to try it out.


Tidal is working with Rough Trade to bring the SONAR experience to Rough Trade record stores around the world. Customers will be able to get their hands on the powerful AI tech in SONAR with exclusive passes to the event.

Design System
Logo

Why the diamond?

SONAR's logo is very much built out of the iconic Tidal "diamond" logo. I took one of those diamonds and made it the highlight, indicating that it is a core feature within the Tidal service.

Keeping it simple.

SONAR's logo is very much built out of the iconic Tidal "four-square" logo. I took one of those squares and made it the highlight, indicating that it is a core feature within the Tidal service.

App Icon

About the colors.

Each SONAR feature is differentiated by its color, so I wanted to include all the colors in the mobile app icon. The icon also features transparency and gradients, reflecting the UI design of Soundscape.

Colors

Starting with the basics.

The core colors of the Tidal app work well, so why change them? I kept Tidal's main brand colors the way that they were to keep the design consistent.

Picking feature colors.

As aforementioned, each SONAR feature has it's own color. These colors/gradients were chosen based on existing Tidal colors and how they interacted with each other.

Black

#17171A

Black

#17171A

Hybrid Violet

#5542C8

Hybrid Violet

#5542C8

White

#FFFFFF

White

#FFFFFF

Encore Green

#1ACC6C

Encore Green

#1ACC6C

Flow Orange

#FC6636

Flow Orange

#FC6636

'Scape Blue

#64E1DB

'Scape Blue

#64E1DB

Typography

I decided to retain Tidal's typography in the interest of maintaining what users are comfortable with.

Let's wrap it up.

It’s a powerful AI tool designed to revolutionize the way you listen to music. SONAR combines hi-def audio streaming with generative AI to create virtual Soundscapes, changes genres with Hybrid, creates custom live albums with Encore, and let’s your music blend together with Flow. This is a new dimension of music with the power of SONAR from TIDAL.

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Copyright Michael Kaake © 2024

Michael Kaake
Digital Designer

www.kaake.online

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Copyright Michael Kaake © 2024

Michael Kaake
Digital Designer

www.kaake.online

Copyright Michael Kaake © 2024

Michael Kaake
Digital Designer

www.kaake.online

:)

Copyright Michael Kaake © 2024