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INSPIRATION PROFILE
Emmett McBain
Emmett McBain was a Black American graphic designer whose work had a remarkable impact on the representation of Black Americans in advertising. He designed almost 75 record covers by the time he was 24.
Born in Chicago in 1935, Emmett McBain was an African American graphic designer whose work had a remarkable impact on the representation of African Americans in advertising. As a Black American graphic designer who worked in advertising during the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, Emmett McBain not only had incredible talent, he also understood how to sell to other African Americans.
McBain studied at several art schools and graduated after studying commercial art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. His design studio McBain Associates regularly worked with Mercury Records, and he designed over 75 album covers by the time he was 24. McBain carved out a niche as a cover artist, and in 1958 his Playboy Jazz All-Stars album art was named Billboard Magazine’s Album Cover of the Week.
Emmett McBain died of cancer in 2012 and since then has been recognized by AIGA, the Society of Typographic Arts, and the Art Directors Clubs of Chicago and Detroit.
McBain’s later work had a profound impact on advertising from the 1960s onwards, but I’m especially fond of his record cover designs. The burst with energy which reflects the jazz music McBain loved. His colors are exciting and vibrant. His choice of typefaces and the ways he deconstructed and rebuilt type are inspiring. There’s plenty to inspire us in the work of Emmett McBain.