Built NY Inc, also known as BUILT, is located in the SOHO neighborhood of New York City

New York City

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. BUILT designs totes, bags, and housewares. Started in 2002, the privately held company , is best known for its use of the material Neoprene

Neoprene

Neoprene or polychloroprene is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene. Neoprene in general has good chemical stability, and maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range...

  and its product Design Team's work. BUILT was awarded gold International Design Excellence Awards in 2004 and 2005 respectively for its Two Bottle Tote and Lunch Tote designs respectively .

Intellectual Property

BUILT is often cited for its efforts in Intellectual Property rights for small businesses and has over 180 patents and registrations in process, or issued, around the globe.

Products and Designs

Since its first product launch, BUILT has expanded its line into five core areas: Totes (lunch bags, wine carriers, reusable shopping bags); Electric (laptop sleeves, computer bags, phone cases); Home (corkscrews, ice buckets, wine collars) Baby (bibs, bottle totes, lunch boxes); and Munchlers (illustrated kid's lunch bags).