Horror Vacui History

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In the Victorian Age “Horror Vacui” was a term used to describe interior designs, and it wasn't considered to be positive. It was considered as to appealing as it included too much visual information. Over the last century, when it came to create designs artist made it more simplistic. The evolution is easily viewed in the Coca Cola advertisements through the last view years.

One employs “Horror Vacui” while the other keeps it simple and empty. It's no secret that as time changes so do we our perceptions. Now a days our perception isn't the same we could have had earlier. The more famous companies like Apple use emptiness, and the more we associate emptiness with style and elegance.

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