Some interesting facts:

In 1956 Don Featherstone sculpted a clay model of the plastic flamingo for a company he was working for called Union Products, when he was an art student. And in 1957 the pink flamingo was put on market selling more than 20 million sets since then. Don Featherstone created more than 750 products for Union Products and went on to become president of the company. Also, in 1996 Don Featherstone was awarded the Nobel Art Prize for the creation of the plastic pink flamingo.