ABOUT ANNA

Food Illustrator / Textile Designer
My eclectic and fantastic world revolves with the talents I collaborate with across the world. Curiosity and passion for creating fun and play are the driving forces that has led me through seemingly disparate paths, only to lead back to familiar ones and pave new adventures.

Clients include Pizza Hut Japan, Edible Magazine, Peach John.

Please check out ETTO Pastificio the central coast California pasta factory!

Portrait photography by Jennifer Olson

For projects and inquiries please contact me at:
hello@annatakahashi.com
Now you can purchase my original textile designs by the yard at Spoonflower!
Here are some things that may tell you more about myself...

WISH LIST🌟

  • Publish many more amazing stories for a children!
  • Publish a book of short stories
  • Travel to Scotland for the best Scotch
  • Create a free tree house library for people of all ages
  • Go to Sardegna to try the Casu Marzu cheese (keyword: maggots)
  • Create an intimate, marvelous and educational gathering place where people can access the highest quality education and history on farm-to-table food and wines.
  • Become pen pals with someone who loves to write letters by hand, because letters are simply wonderful. I love stationery and waiting for them to arrive in the postbox.
  • Befriend a fun-loving baby sloth in Costa Rica and create a picture book about the little creature.

Wishes that came true (thank you thank you thank you!)
  • Go to France, to the Louvre, to meet Mona Lisa (because I haven't had the courage to meet the inspiration of my life yet...)
  • Live in multiple places around the world: Japan, Italy, France, California 
  • Illustrate another amazing story for a children's book (Edible Magazine Kids book, 2020!)

THINGS I LOVE

  • Books: beautiful books I can touch; books that have a scent; old books; beautifully illustrated books; hand-crafted books; books I read over and over again; books I cannot forget; books that show me new things every time; books that rock my world; age-worthy books.
  • Stationery: exquisitely crafted warm cotton paper, beautifully elegant and whimsical prints on letter-sets.
  • Wine: first and foremost well-balanced; elegant; multi-dimensional; cool-climate; old world.
  • Cooking & Eating: go hand-in-hand with drinking well!
  • Nature: especially the mountains. Occasionally the sea.
  • Music: metal, rock, jazz, classic. Everything else depends on my mood.
  • Language: I aspire to speak eight languages fluently by 60 years of age.
  • Japan: the extraordinary, beautiful, mysterious country where I'm from...!
  • Stuffed Animals: I have a weak spot for creatures that look friendly, odd and otherworldly.