You’ve heard this story before – a muti-course meal, cooked by a mystery chef. An undisclosed location. Directions e-mailed at the last minute; an uncertain journey into unfamiliar territory; ringing the buzzer with no knowledge of what lies behind that imposing iron gate.

We enjoy seeing high design cross paths with other unlike industries. Though this won’t be the first time a shoe company incorporates Maharam textiles into their footwear, this will be Nike’s first collaboration with Maharam. Moco Loco reports that Nike plans on releasing a limited edition Air Force 1 using Hella Jongerius’s Layers pattern designed for Maharam. And with all things exclusive and limited an exclusive launch event will happen on April 1st at Moss. Read more about the collaboration from Maharam’s press release.

You buy grass-fed beef at the Greenmarket, look forward to your weekly CSA delivery, and even grow pots of herbs on your rickety fire escape. But for the real deal, snag tickets to Outstanding in the Field, on sale now. This traveling dinner series brings together farmers, chefs, food artisans, winemakers and adventurous food lovers for unforgettable one-of-a-kind meals, most of them served outdoors in a unique, makeshift setting directly on the soil. It’s a culinary celebration of food directly at its source, and an honoring of the people who respect and cultivate it. Past dinners have been at farms, gardens, refurbished barns and greenhouses. You’ll get a tour of the site and an incredible meal created out of local ingredients by a celebrated chef in the region; best of all, you’ll get to mingle with other like-minded foodies and the farmers and producers in the area.

We can’t help but post up to the moment news on this movie. USA Today has new and exclusive photos from Where the Wild Things Are. In the past Warner Brothers have only released one or two photos at a time. Seeing how the trailer is expected to be released this Friday, the studio appears to be more generous. USA Today’s first look gathers a total of 12 images from the movie, though a few have already been seen. Don’t expect this to be our last post on WTWTA.

• The hype machine behind Where the Wild Things Are is beginning to build. An unofficial fan site launched this week along with its twitter account. Nothing yet to see on the official site.

• A three month old interview with Hella Jongerius on Vitra’s online magazine.

• We just discovered a collection of interesting full length docs on factualTV. An eclectic mix of videos ranging from art to UFOs. About 70% of the content is free including a doc on Christopher Doyle that was released in 2000.

Seonna Hong, Caroline Hwang & Saelee Oh apparently do know what we’re thinking. Textile, quilting, cut-paper, and paint layered together with craft and reflecting the flights of our youths. The trio of friends share a strong new-craft influence which beautifully conceal a serious dialogue on craft as art and nostalgia as memory.

The opening last night had a strong and lively turnout befitting the blog-worshipped artists. We recommend checking it out in person, nothing else does justice to such multi-layered work. Make it a good excuse to grab a bite at Schiller’s.