There can be no doubt that Steve Jobs was just as committed to the ideals of beauty as Le Corbusier had been and he could be just as controlling. One of the saddest and most eloquent anecdotes in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs describes him, semi-conscious after receiving a liver transplant, ripping off his oxygen mask because it was ugly and demanding the medical team bring him five alternative designs so that he could pick the best.
