Research: The Seed of Innovation' was an open seminar held at the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, on April 6, 2018. As the flagship event in the 'Innovation by Design' series, this one-day seminar highlighted how years of research generate new knowledge that drives innovation. It focused on the intersection of creativity, aesthetics, and visual representation. The seminar was an interactive platform where researchers exchanged ideas and built upon each other's work. It emphasised the importance of case studies in innovation research and explored various experimental scenarios that could contribute to the field. The event also led to the development of initial ideas for a paper on research methodology in innovation. Presenters had the opportunity to discuss potential collaborations on papers that would integrate insights and approaches from their respective research domains, making it a successful and productive gathering for advancing innovation research.