The California missions are among the oldest surviving structures in the state and are in desperate need of restoration. With each passing year, without proper conservation, the missions will sink into disrepair. To that end, the California Missions Foundation was established in 1999 to raise $50 million to preserve and maintain the 21 original Spanish missions across the state. Posters were created to raise awareness, solicit donations and enlist volunteers to join in the effort to conserve and ensure the future of the missions.

Ideas for the most part, are subjective. Some are good. Some are bad. Some resonate with clients. Some don’t. Some get revised. Some look very different once they go into production. Like all projects that have ever been undertaken, there will always be some ideas that will never make it past the drawing board. Below are some of the concepts that didn’t make it, but they can still inspire the imagination.