Don Featherstone: meet the man who designed the iconic pink flamingo (and his gravestone adorned with his most famous creation!)

Don Featherstone: meet the man who designed the iconic pink flamingo (and his gravestone adorned with his most famous creation!)

Don Featherstone graduated from Worcester Art Museum’s art school in 1957, and then began working for Union Products, Inc. in Leominster, Massachusetts designing 3D plastic animals. Over his 43-year illustrous career, he created over 750 different plastic lawn ornaments, but none were as popular as the pink flamingo, his second assignment, first released in 1957. Immediately it became popular due the color pink and the flamingo’s promise of an e…