What is Head-Space?

Head-Space was a non-commercial online creative community sponsored by Head New Media, co-founded by Felix Velarde and creative director Jason Holland in 1997.

• Employees of Head New Media were given one day per week to work on Head-Space.
• Contributors came from all over the world.
• Incubated prominent community websites including Urban75 and John Lundberg's Circlemakers.org.
• Featured in the touring exhibition Digital Archaeology from 2010.
• Forbes Magazine described Head-Space as a germinal precursor to YouTube and one of the world's ten most influential websites.

Awards

• 1996 — MacUser Maxine for Best Online Community.
• 1999 — Cannes CyberLion for Best Online Community (with Jason Holland).

Sources: Wikipedia entry for Felix Velarde, Wayback Machine snapshot 2017; felixvelarde.com.