Only someone of the software ilk could read Le Corbusier as a literal and relevant how-to guide. Le Corbusier is simply part of architecture culture. An architect who does not read Le Corbusier is illiterate. An engineer who does not read Thomas Edison just saved themselves a lot of time.
By read, I do not mean follow blindly.
Architecture is a cultural practice like music or poetry, or writing. Software design is different. Perhaps there is some mass of historically relevant cultural knowledge in interface design. In engineering, however, old ideas can be discarded.
All this cross disciplinary thinking will lead us to a new Dark Ages of spectacular confusion.
By read, I do not mean follow blindly.
Architecture is a cultural practice like music or poetry, or writing. Software design is different. Perhaps there is some mass of historically relevant cultural knowledge in interface design. In engineering, however, old ideas can be discarded.
All this cross disciplinary thinking will lead us to a new Dark Ages of spectacular confusion.