In 2010, “Indianapolis Island”, an inhabitable floating island at the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, further explored Zittel’s interest in ideas of independence, privacy, and comfort. “The Island is iconographic for conditions of autonomy, independence, and individualism in our culture,” Zittel said. “The desire for individualization is linked inextricably to consumer culture: People consume to individualize themselves and they also consume to combat the resulting feelings of isolation or loneliness.”