[4] In June 2024, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a member of the Production Design branch.

[15] The Experience of Fliehkraft debuted in 2011 as part of the solo exhibition "A Lot of Civilisation" during "Walk of Art" at Prototyp Museum in Hamburg, Germany.

[21][22] As Nowak began sharing his faux blueprints and realistic clips as part art installations, he released The Centrifuge Brain Project.

"[15] Choosing a realistic approach, he used the mockumentary style to allow viewers "to feel as if they were eye witnesses", and "to enhance the impact of the idea.

"[15] As part of the film's plot, he creating a fictional research company and hired an actor to play the firm's Chief Engineer.

"[1] When under 2015 Oscar consideration, his film Dissonance is described to be "Evocative of Christopher Nolan’s surreal Inception, as well as Michel Gondry’s sci-fi standout, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.