No, I believe that Steinberg needs a good user interface designer with the prime focus being on usability. The designer would have final say over what a graphic artist and a coder produce. I don’t care if the GUI looks like a cartoon if it lets me easily express the sound I want to hear.
Don’t get me started about the how Steinberg Marketing hasn’t (publically, at least) required the developers to provide accessibility features. You can have good ears but still have eyes unable to resolve low-contrast small graphical features on a 27" monitor.
That said, Cubase is a good product (and getting better) in terms of functionality.