# 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](https://felixvelarde.com/).