Ms. Gaby Schreiber


General Information


Occupation: Industrial and Interior Designer

Birth City: Vienna

Birth Country: Austria

Resident City: London

Resident Country: Austria

Notes: She was last working and concentrating on the collation and publications of her projects and work, while also producing the memoirs of a life full of worldwide travel, glamour and high society, and the hard work of heading an international concern at the top of her profession.

Sources: McQuiston, Liz. Women in Design: a Contemporary View. New York City: Rizzoli, 1988.


Specialties



Jobs


Employer: Gaby Schreiber & Associates

Title: Chairman

City: London

Country: England (U.K.)


Employer: Runcolite

Title: Plastics Designer

City: London

Country: 56


Employer: William Clark & Sons Ltd

Title: Interior Design Consultant

City: northern Ireland


Employer: National Westminster Bank Ltd

Title: Interior Design Consultant


Employer: Westminster Foreign Bank

City: Brussels


Employer: GHP Group Ltd

Title: Interior Design Consultant

Notes: Chairmans Offices


Employer: Gulf Oil - Eastern Hemisphere

Title: Interior Design Consultant

Notes: Presidents Offices


Employer: Lythe Hill Hotel

Title: Interior Design Consultant

City: Surrey


Employer: Anglo-Continental Investment & Finance Co and Continental Bankers Agents

Title: Interior Design Consultant

City: London

Country: Great


Employer: Myers & Co

Title: Interior Design Consultant


Employer: Peter Robinson Ltd

Title: Interior Design Consultant

Notes: David Morgan, Cardiff


Employer: West Cumberland Hospital

Title: Interior Design Consultant


Employer: Newcastle Regional Hospital Bd

Title: Interior Design Consultant


Employer: Fine Fare Ltd

Title: Interior Design Consultant

Notes: Queensway Store, Crawley


Employer: see notes below

Title: General Consultant and Designer

Notes: Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Zarach Ltd, Marquess of Londonderry, Crown Agents, Allen and Hanbury (Surgical Engineering) Ltd, BOAC (whole fleet of aeroplanes), Divs. of Dunop Rubber Group, Bartrev Group of Companies, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd (for the Queen's Flight and RAF), Rank Organisation Ltd, Semtex


Employer: Marks & Spencer

Title: Design Consultant on Plastics


Collaborators


Country: delete


Apprenticeships


Institution: Rochus Gliese

City: Berlin

Country: 67

Notes: International stage and film designer


Awards



Exhibitions



Notable Projects


Title: BOAC fleet

Description: interiors of aircraft


Title: Cunarder and QE2

Description: interiors of ocean liners


Education


Institution: Vienna, Florence, Berlin and Paris

Department: Art and stage and interior design

Notes: General Consultant Designer for Industry; specialist in color consultancy and interiors; advisor on purchases of works of art


Licensing



Professional Affiliations


Organization: William Clark & Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland; National Westminster Bank, Brussels; Chairman's Offices, GHP Group Ltd; President's Offices; Lythe Hill Hotel, Surrey; Anglo-Continental Investment & Finance Co. and Continental Bankers Agents, London; Myers & Co; Peter Robinson Ltd, David Morgan, Cardiff; West Cumberland Hospital; Newcastle Regional Hospital Bd; Fine Fare Ltd.

Role: Interior Design Consultant


Organization: Cunard Steamship Co Ltd; Zarach Ltd; Marquess of Londonderry; Crown Agents; Allen & Hanbury Ltd; BOAC; Divs. of Dunlop Rubber Group; Bartrev Group of Companies; Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd; Rank Organisation Ltd; Semtex

Role: General Consultant and Designer


Organization: Marks & Spencer; Yachts

Role: Design Consultant on Plastics


Organization: Design Awards Committee

Role: Member


Organization: Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design

Role: Judge


Organization: Fellow of Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

Role: Chairman of Consultant Designers Group and International Relations Committee, Member of Council, and UK delegate at General Assembly of International Council of Society of Industrial Design


Organization: Panel of Judges for newspaper and magazine competition on Industrial Design

Role: Member


Publications By



Publications About


Title: Women in Design a contemporary view

Author: Liz McQuiston

Publication: Book

Page: 110

Publisher: Rizzoli

City: New York

Country: 190


Title: Works Canteen, Marks Tey, Essex for the Vere Engineering Co., Ltd.

Author: unknown

Publication: The Architect & Building News

Volume: 207

Page: 207-209

City: London, Building and Contract Journal

Date Published: February 17, 1955

Notes: Designers: Gaby Schreiber & Associates


Title: Intellectual migration and cultural transformation: refugees from national socialsim in the English speaking world

Author: Timms, Edward & John Hughes

Publisher: Springer-Verlag/Wien

Country: 10

Notes: ISBN 3-211-83750-7