VOL. 9 THE FILM We’re just getting started! This month CTRL+SHIFT is 1 year old and we have big things planned for VOL. 10 and beyond. Shot by the brilliant @isaacsherbino

CTRL+SHIFT is an official Toronto Tech Week event partner! RSVP in bio For this one, we’re teaming up with Pluto to bring you two incredible talks and some very good energy as we close out a busy week in tech. Signals vs Noise is an evening on authenticity, believability, agents, digital sorcery and what still feels human in the age of infinite content. We’ll start with talks, then ease into a non-alcoholic closing party with music, snacks and drinks provided. Less noise. More signal. Link in bio.

Episode 3 collab with @ctrlshift.to and supported by @stanforcreators : Ai agents for media generation #agents #ai #tech #openclaw

@brainstorm_gd CTRL+SHIFT | Brand Identity Brand identity project crafted for @ctrlshift.to ,a forward-thinking platform operating at the intersection of creative technology, culture, and media. Through events, talks, content, and community, the brand brings together artists, builders, and technologists to explore creative intelligence, generative storytelling, and coding as cultural expression. Positioned as a platform for the AI age, Ctrl+Shift is driven by a clear purpose—to surface signal through the noise and champion creators who shape tools into thoughtful, meaningful outcomes, where taste becomes the ultimate currency. The logo represents an abstract and thoughtful brain symbol featuring interconnected geometric dots representing both left and right hemisphere of the brain, as a progressively pulsing neutrons resembling ideas generations as part of the creative intelligence. Distinctive and memorable on its own. The idea originated essentially by the brain symbol, technically I was inspired by the halfone chrome dotted patterns using modular grid. This is paired with experimental, pixelated sans-serif typography, subtly embedding a “+” within the letterforms to reinforce ideas of augmentation, collaboration, and progression. Editorial and confident, the identity is unapologetically creative-first—slightly irreverent, opinionated, and culture-forward. Designed to feel like a living platform rather than a campaign, the visual language leverages glyph dithering, color halftones, 3D ASCII graphics, and surreal soft sci-fi imagery. Anchored by a pitch-black foundation with vibrant color tints as accents, the system creates a bold yet sophisticated presence for a community built around curiosity, craft, and future-facing creativity. ____ Join our all-in-one creative community built to skyrocket your design career. Get access to exclusive resources, membership giveaways, creative-entrepreneurship content, job boards, designer spotlights and a supportive creative community. Tap the link in bio ✨ #branding #brandidentity #branddesign

RAW CLAW 🦞 - our inaugural workshop series meigustas showed us the ropes on-boarding us into the word of the claws. This was first of many workshops were being the ctrl+shift into

Volume 11 wrapped with another stellar set of talks 💫🍊 @julia.grzeskowiak explored the mechanics of expression and how creative tools shape the way we make. Sahil and Sonia broke down the new economics of filmmaking with generative AI tools. @blapcode walked us through his process using vision models and LLMs to create playful experiments that open up both philosophical and practical learnings. New faces, familiar faces and always a wonderful room. Big shoutout to our sponsors @float_toronto @escapemanorto @samjamescoffeebar @gretabaryyz Till the next one!!

Introducing CTRL+SHIFT’s first workshop: RawClaw. A practical introduction to OpenClaw, designed to cut through the hype and show how agents can become genuinely useful in creative work and beyond. Signup using the link in our description.

VOL 10 THE FILM - GAME ON 💜 This is what it feels like to be connecting with the right people at this incredible time in the history of creative work Shoutout to the amazing @isaacsherbino and the creative vision 👾

We’re back! Vol 11. Canvas & Code. Three practitioners doing genuinely interesting work in generative media and design. An art exhibit throughout the night. New space, same great people in the room. Link in bio!

Inside Ctrl Shift. #ai #futuretech #techtrends

CTRL+SHIFT is officially an FITC community partner. FITC is one of the longest-running creative technology conferences in the world — and it’s right here in Toronto. Next week we’ll be announcing details for Vol 11 and giving away some free passes to FITC. See ya there!

vol 10 and we’re still going strong. toronto’s creative tech community came together friday night inside @tendrilstudio — and they took us inside the minds of a world-class studio. talks ranged from VFX simulations, robot designs to agentic workflows in motion graphics. another series of talks to remember, in the same great room. one year in — catch you at vol 11 🖤