I should mention why the interview with Jony Ive inspired this thought. 

I went into the interview thinking he would talk about timeless design principles, but he spent much of the time talking about caring deeply about the person.

Then it hit me, beauty is created not replicated. 

It's not replicated because you don't have beauty, it has to be discovered every time for every context, and that's why he pays so much attention to it.

So then, there is no such thing as beauty, only the search for it. 

There are many instances similar to this. e.g. health and justice.

it’s why utilitarian-styled ‘social programming’ interfaces are hideous, and dehumanizing

they aren’t made/designed to be beautiful for the operator