Display Group

5,000 mortgage brokers. Two days. One campus in Pontiac. Display Group was behind the production from start to finish.

UWM LIVE! is the largest mortgage event in the country, and the fifth annual gathering also marked United Wholesale Mortgage's 40th anniversary, which meant the production needed to match the occasion. Our team delivered full event production including custom stage design, main stage presentation design and ex*****on, an expo hall with interactive soft seating lounges and charging stations, and custom fabricated photo ops throughout the space.

The logistics alone were a project: serving 5,000 people in under 30 minutes is the kind of operational challenge that doesn't leave room for error, and the team delivered.

Today Display Group opened the doors to some of our most important visitors yet.

In honor of National Bring Your Child to Work Day, the facility was taken over by a crew considerably shorter than our usual staff, along with a few siblings who came along for the ride and at least one dog who had absolutely no complaints about the arrangement.

Photo ops in Dock A, B, and C. The Studio. A gumball machine on the second floor. Tours of the building. And pizza at noon, which was honestly the highlight for most attendees regardless of age or species.

There is something pretty great about watching kids walk through a space full of giant props, scenic builds, and production gear and seeing it all through their eyes. This place looks different when you're four feet tall and everything is enormous. The dogs had a similar reaction.

Thanks to everyone who brought their little ones, their siblings, and their four-legged plus-ones today. The building has never had better energy.

Now if someone could make sure all the gumballs are accounted for, that would be great.

Great setup. Looks amazing!

Happy National Beer Day! 🍺

Most people mark the occasion and move on. Rick Portwood built a shrine.

Display Group's founder has been collecting rare vintage beer cans since he was a kid, and before you ask, yes, that wall is exactly what it looks like. Hundreds of cans, meticulously displayed, and probably better organized than most of our project timelines.

The origin story: as a pre-teen, Rick dragged his dad to beer stores, flea markets, and garage sales hunting for the oldest and rarest cans they could find, including the highly coveted cone-tops. It was a full operation. A two-man crew with adult supervision and a very specific shopping list.

Rick's collection is still standing. Still growing. And still the first thing clients notice when they walk into his office.

We'd say crack one open to celebrate, but we're going to go ahead and wait until after 5 for that. For now, just take a moment to appreciate the cans.

Cheers, Rick. 🍻