Marcel Douwe Dekker

**Marcel Douwe Dekker**
	systems engineer, conceptual artist, designer and author
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Date of birth	3 December 1964; Delft
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands;
Educated at	Delft University of Technology;
Occupation	conceptual artist; writer; systems engineer; designer;
Sibling	Sito Dekker;
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Marcel Douwe Dekker (1964) is a Dutch systems engineer, conceptual artist, designer, author and Wikipedian, who participated in the Dutch Design movement in the 1990s. He is editor at the Dutch and English Wikipedia since 2004.

Life and participation

From student at Technische Universiteit Delft (1984-91) and Willem de Kooning Academie (1991-92) ; artist and designer at Marcello (1992-97) and Multimedia builder (1994-96) ; to conceptual artist at MDD (since 1998) and Wikipedian since 2004.

1970s

New home at De Maer, Heemskerk 1969
Play grounds around De Maer in 1970
New school in De Maer in Heemskerk, 1971-'72
Play ground at grammer school in De Maer in Heemskerk, 1971
Acting in TV film shot of uncle's firm in Diepsmeer at Van Gewest tot Gewest, 1971-'72
Brother at chess bord (left) and father (in the back, arms crossed) at Hoogovens Chess Tournament in Jan. 1974
Participation with own drawing in Czech-Slovak exhibition at RAI A'dam, June 1974 ^[1]
Looking at photoshoot from winning chess team (left corner in the back), Heemskerk Jan. 1976 ^[2]
With Simone Schilder e.a. present at youth tennis tournament in Leeuwarden, 1976 (picture later on) ^[3]
Photoshoot with own winning chess team, Heemskerk Jan. 1977^[4]
Present at chess simultaneously by Hans Bouwmeester in Heemskerk, Juli 1977 ^[5].
Playing school chess in Alkmaar (in front right) with younger brother at second bord, March 1977 ^[6]
Class mates outsite in the back looking at winning chess team, Heemskerk March 1977 ^[7]
Present in audience at Songfestival with class mates at grammer school, H'kerk 1977
Design of company display for agricultural farm in the Diepsmeer, c. 1977 (picture 1987) ^[8]
New home at Plan Neksloot, 08.1977
Start at Berlingh College, 09.1977
With Gert Jan de Boer e.a. at international youth chess tounrment in Krimpen aan de IJssel, 09.1977 ^[9]
Participation in Open Dutch Youth Chess Championship in April 1978^[10]^[11]
Participation in Open Dutch Youth Chess Championship in April 1979
Own preview of Open Dutch Youth Chess Championship in April 1979

1980s

Present at Simon & Garfunkel in Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam 12 June 1982 ^[12]
Start at HTS Alkmaar, 08.1982
Present at Landbouw RAI '84 in Amsterdam, 22 Januari 1984
Student flat at Roland Holstlaan, Delft, 1984-'86
Start at TU Delft, 08.1984
Member at DSV Sint Jansbrug, 08.1984
Member at D.S.R. Proteus-Eretes, 08.1984
Student home at Koornmarkt 81 D, Delft 1986-'87
Present at presentation new album Polle Eduard Band, Feb. 1987
In cafe Costes, Paris with Wietske van Leeuwen, Sito Dekker & friend, 1988

1990s and so on

Barwoela cast in appartement in Jan Kobellstraat for photoshoot, R'dam 1991
With Barwoela, 1991 cast at Rotterdam Heijplaat, 1991
In atelier in R'dam-West, 1993
In Kralingen with Theo Lalleman, 1993
Construction worker at Hotel New York, R'dam, winter 1992-1993
Rotterdam designers at Case Europea 1, Antwerp 1994
In new studio in Delfshaven with Erik Brus, 1999
Maerelaan, Heemskerk, 2001
Maerelaan, Heemskerk, 2001
Portrait picture in Rotterdam, 2006
Fragment of photo booth sheet from which the picture originated
Annual meeting Wikimedia Nederland, 2008
Annual meeting Wikimedia Nederland, 2008
Me & Rotterdam Weena, 2010
Erasmus Prize, 25 November 2015
Erasmus Prize, 25 November 2015
Wikimedia Nederland BBQ, 13 juli 2019
Wikimedia Nederland BBQ, 13 juli 2019
Wikimedia Nederland nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst, 16 jan 2021
Wikimedia Movement Strategy Global Conversations Group Photo, 23-01-2021
Me & Galerie Vivid, Rotterdam 2021

Conceptual art and design, organization and R&D

Concept development from art to design and back

Development of concepts from ideas and art objects to design further developing these works into installations, presentation and representatie from 1991 to 2001:

KAST kast, 1991-92
Spider Ash, 1993
Presentations at Fabricati Rotterdam, 1993
Rotterdams design in Museum Hillesluis, 1993
Spider light, 1994
Casa Europea 1, Antwerpen 1994
KIM Rotterdam op Droom Design 1, Zuid Laren, 1994
Letter Interior with Nature, Haagse Kunstkring winter 1994
H-Chairs, Chick and Jacqueline van de Geer, Rotterdam 1995
Mdd Zoo Display in Galerie Ecce, 1995-2001
Flower frame, Galerie Ecce 1997
Chicks in Galerie Ecce, 1997
Shark Art Gallery, Rotterdam, 1997
Spider light at Frankfurt Trade Fair, 1998
Installatie Terugblik, Rotterdamse kunstdagen 1999.

Examination of the design process, the process of cooperation, the artistic process and the process to envision

Concept development for cooperation
Artistic annual report about the artistic process
Reflecting on the design process
Reflection on concept development
Reflection on concept development
reflection on systems thinking

Organization development

Sectie bedrijfsleer TU Delft, 1988
Amnesty International in action, 1990
With Barwoela, 1991 cast at Rotterdam Heijplaat, 1991
Rotterdam designers at Case Europea 1, Antwerp 1994
Passerelstraat Atelier Collectief, 1993
Proeftijd hoofd technische dienst Kunsthal, 1993
Multimedia Building, 1995
Annual meeting Wikimedia Nederland, 2008

Global modelling, metamodelling and basics of visualization

Knowledge, observation and reality, 2009
Conceptual process of perception, 2009
Process of perception, approach and framework of perception, 2009
Theory of Forms by Plato (4th. c. BC)
Model of Cybernetic Factory (1958), 2007
Empirische cyclus (1982), 2007
Methodologie vormen (1983), 2007
Process of problem solving (1984), 2009
Systems thinking about the society (1985), 2007
Operation research study (1959)
CIMOSA cube.svg
ArchiMate Architectural Framework
General diagram shapes, 2008

R&D in modelling and visualisation

Visualization: Main Chart, Diagram, Map and Technical drawing

Acoustics diagram • Bar chart • Block diagram • Classification chart • Cluster diagram • Concept map (expanded) • Diagrams by period • Flow chart • Flow diagram • General diagram types • Graphs in graph theory • Logic diagram • Mathematical diagram • Medieval diagram • Network diagram • Pie chart • Plot• Specific diagram types • Table (information) • Tree diagram • Timeline • Train timetable ‎

Management, economics and other societal modelling: Main Economic diagram, Management diagram

Circular flow diagram • Cost accounting • Geographic diagram • History of accountancy • Old maps of Rotterdam • Organizational chart • Public administration diagram • Scientific management • Stock exchange • Stock certificates • Time clock

Systems and software engineering

Activity diagram • Class diagram • Composite structure diagram • Process-data diagram • Software design patterns • Systems engineering • Unified Modeling Language

Technology and technical visualisation

Abacus • Arithmetic • Automation • Bookcase • Machine shop • Patent drawing • Regent's Canal • Technical drawing

Cognition, cognitive psychology and neuroscience

Cognitive model

Artists, designers and more

Charles Joseph Minard • William Playfair • Marcel Douwe Dekker • Artist with artwork in the Netherlands • History of cycling in the Netherlands

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