Out of the Box Magazine

Six massive  industrial silos  on the Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada, have been wonderfully transformed into six vividly colored  giants  by Brazilian  graffiti  artist duo Os Gemeos. Octavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, the twin brothers behind Os Gemeos, dedicated roughly a month of their time to create this astonishing piece as part of the Vancouver Biennale.

We might be used to seeing murals on walls or even  shipping containers , but not so much on a boat. Spanish street artist Borondo recently had the opportunity to apply his signature style to a vessel traveling along the River Lee in East London. He created it in collaboration with Carmen Maín, and the work showcases an unexpected place for a large-scale painting that you can only see it if you’re looking down at the boat.

Normal outdoor steps get a glorious  makeover  when they're  painted  by street artists all over the world. These lovely staircases are best when you appreciate them from a certain vantage point  - from above they may merely look like colorful splashes of paint - but they've been photographed so that you can appreciate the beauty and depth of each complete "canvas."

French street art duo Vanessa and Stéphane, better known as Urban X Stitch, decorate ordinary chain-link fences across public city streets with bright and colorful cross stitched characters.

Iranian  artist and designer  Mehdi Ghadyanloo  is  brightening  up the city of  Tehran  one wall at a time. With the blessing  of the  municipality, Ghadyanloo and his mural-painting company  Blue Sky Painters transform blank, gray walls into amazing large-scale works of  art .