The Bauhaus movement merged crafts and arts with industrial product design, a tradition that continuous until today and also inspires what icebauhaus is about.
iceaddis in Ethiopia was the first icehub, formed in 2011 and followed a year later by icebauhaus in Germany and icecairo in Egypt, and was joined briefly thereafter by icealex in Alexandria, Egypt.
The different faculties, institutes and service facilities of Bauhaus Universität Weimar have been valuable sources of input and partnership since the beginning of icebauhaus.
The first interdisciplinary and international africa re:load workshop was held in Weimar 2011.