Two weeks ago, in this space, we featured Margherita Sabbioneda, a designer whose work beautifully extolls the virtues of messiness and the pursuit of a more honest taste. This week we feature the site and work of mf9; a design studio where precision and clarity are exalted and regularly achieved. We mention these two undertakings in the same breath as we think they are smart bumpers in which to bounce ideas of “design” within. They are not opposite poles; both of their manifestos have quite congenial espousals, but their methods are different from each other — and rightly so — as diversity in design is to be prized.