diff --git a/src/app.vue b/src/app.vue
index e7695f0897..949c22e30b 100644
--- a/src/app.vue
+++ b/src/app.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
 .fade-leave-active {
 	transition: opacity var(--medium) var(--transition);
 }
-.fade-enter, .fade-leave-to /* .fade-leave-active below version 2.1.8 */ {
+
+.fade-enter,
+.fade-leave-to {
 	opacity: 0;
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications/index.ts b/src/stores/notifications/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53e42cfce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/notifications/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { useNotificationsStore } from './notifications';
+
+export { useNotificationsStore };
+export default useNotificationsStore;
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications/notifications.test.ts b/src/stores/notifications/notifications.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e03f41cff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/notifications/notifications.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { useNotificationsStore } from './notifications';
+import mountComposition from '../../../.jest/mount-composition';
+
+describe('Stores / Notifications', () => {
+	it('Returns the id of the created notification', () => {
+		mountComposition(() => {
+			const store = useNotificationsStore({});
+			const id = store.add({ title: 'test' });
+			expect(id).not.toBe(undefined);
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('Returns the id of the created notification', () => {
+		mountComposition(() => {
+			const store = useNotificationsStore({});
+			const id = store.add({ title: 'test' });
+			expect(store.state.queue[0]).toEqual({
+				id,
+				title: 'test'
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('Removes a notification by ID', () => {
+		mountComposition(() => {
+			const store = useNotificationsStore({});
+			store.state.queue = [
+				{
+					id: 'abc',
+					title: 'test'
+				},
+				{
+					id: 'def',
+					title: 'test'
+				},
+				{
+					id: 'ghi',
+					title: 'test'
+				}
+			];
+			store.remove('def');
+			expect(store.state.queue).toEqual([
+				{
+					id: 'abc',
+					title: 'test'
+				},
+				{
+					id: 'ghi',
+					title: 'test'
+				}
+			]);
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications/notifications.ts b/src/stores/notifications/notifications.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18d052103c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/notifications/notifications.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { createStore } from 'pinia';
+import { Notification, NotificationRaw } from './types';
+import nanoid from 'nanoid';
+
+export const useNotificationsStore = createStore({
+	id: 'useNotifications',
+	state: () => ({
+		queue: [] as Notification[]
+	}),
+	actions: {
+		add(notification: NotificationRaw) {
+			const id = nanoid();
+			this.state.queue = [
+				...this.state.queue,
+				{
+					...notification,
+					id
+				}
+			];
+			return id;
+		},
+		remove(id: string) {
+			this.state.queue = this.state.queue.filter(n => n.id !== id);
+		}
+	}
+});
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications/types.ts b/src/stores/notifications/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a953d0fb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/notifications/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export interface NotificationRaw {
+	id?: string;
+	title: string;
+	persist?: boolean;
+	text?: string;
+	type?: 'info' | 'success' | 'warning' | 'error';
+	icon?: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface Notification extends NotificationRaw {
+	readonly id: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/notify/index.ts b/src/utils/notify/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c51bf4e5a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/notify/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import notify from './notify';
+
+export { notify };
+export default notify;
diff --git a/src/utils/notify/notify.test.ts b/src/utils/notify/notify.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4e3702504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/notify/notify.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import VueCompositionAPI from '@vue/composition-api';
+import notify from './notify';
+import useNotificationsStore from '@/stores/notifications/';
+
+describe('Utils / Notify', () => {
+	beforeAll(() => {
+		Vue.use(VueCompositionAPI);
+	});
+
+	it('Calls notificationsStore.add with the passed notification', () => {
+		const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+		jest.spyOn(notificationsStore as any, 'add');
+
+		const notification = {
+			title: 'test'
+		};
+
+		notify(notification);
+
+		expect(notificationsStore.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith(notification);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/notify/notify.ts b/src/utils/notify/notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4376c49f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/notify/notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import useNotificationsStore from '@/stores/notifications/';
+import { NotificationRaw } from '@/stores/notifications/types';
+
+export default function notify(notification: NotificationRaw) {
+	const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+	notificationsStore.add(notification);
+}
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notification-item/index.ts b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6934d385cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import NotificationItem from './notification-item.vue';
+
+export { NotificationItem };
+export default NotificationItem;
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.story.ts b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.story.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9e7e65256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.story.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import withPadding from '../../../../../.storybook/decorators/with-padding';
+import { withKnobs, text, select, boolean } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
+import readme from './readme.md';
+import { defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
+import useNotificationStore from '@/stores/notifications/';
+import NotificationItem from './notification-item.vue';
+
+export default {
+	title: 'Views / Private / Components / Notification Item',
+	decorators: [withKnobs, withPadding],
+	parameters: {
+		notes: readme
+	}
+};
+
+export const basic = () =>
+	defineComponent({
+		components: { NotificationItem },
+		setup() {
+			useNotificationStore({});
+		},
+		template: `
+			<div>
+				<notification-item
+					id="abc"
+					type="info"
+					title="This is a notification item"
+					text="How much fun is that!"
+					icon="box"
+				/>
+
+				<notification-item
+					id="def"
+					type="success"
+					title="This is a notification item"
+					text="How much fun is that!"
+					icon="check"
+				/>
+
+				<notification-item
+					id="ghi"
+					type="warning"
+					title="This is a notification item"
+					text="This one is persistent!"
+					icon="warning"
+					persist
+				/>
+
+				<notification-item
+					id="jkl"
+					type="error"
+					title="This is a notification item"
+					text="How much fun is that!"
+					icon="error"
+					tail
+				/>
+			</div>
+		`
+	});
+
+export const interactive = () =>
+	defineComponent({
+		components: { NotificationItem },
+		props: {
+			title: {
+				default: text('Title', 'This is a notification')
+			},
+			text: {
+				default: text('Body text', '')
+			},
+			icon: {
+				default: text('Icon', 'box')
+			},
+			type: {
+				default: select('Type', ['info', 'success', 'warning', 'error'], 'info')
+			},
+			persist: {
+				default: boolean('Persist', false)
+			},
+			dense: {
+				default: boolean('Dense', false)
+			},
+			tail: {
+				default: boolean('Tail', false)
+			}
+		},
+		template: `
+			<notification-item
+				id="not"
+				:type="type"
+				:title="title"
+				:text="text"
+				:icon="icon"
+				:persist="persist"
+				:dense="dense"
+				:tail="tail"
+			/>
+		`
+	});
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.test.ts b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a23c9495b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import VueCompositionAPI from '@vue/composition-api';
+import NotificationItem from './notification-item.vue';
+import useNotificationsStore from '@/stores/notifications/';
+import VIcon from '@/components/v-icon';
+
+const localVue = createLocalVue();
+localVue.use(VueCompositionAPI);
+localVue.component('v-icon', VIcon);
+
+describe('Views / Private / Components / Notification Item', () => {
+	it('Calls remove with the notification ID automatically', () => {
+		jest.useFakeTimers();
+
+		const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+		jest.spyOn(notificationsStore as any, 'remove');
+		mount(NotificationItem, {
+			localVue,
+			propsData: {
+				id: '123',
+				title: 'Test'
+			}
+		});
+		jest.runAllTimers();
+		expect(notificationsStore.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith('123');
+	});
+
+	it('Does not call remove with id after 1 second when persist is enabled', () => {
+		jest.useFakeTimers();
+
+		const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+		jest.spyOn(notificationsStore as any, 'remove');
+		mount(NotificationItem, {
+			localVue,
+			propsData: {
+				id: '123',
+				title: 'Test',
+				persist: true
+			}
+		});
+		jest.runAllTimers();
+		expect(notificationsStore.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('123');
+	});
+
+	it('Calls remove with id on close click if persist is enabled', () => {
+		const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+		jest.spyOn(notificationsStore as any, 'remove');
+		const component = mount(NotificationItem, {
+			localVue,
+			propsData: {
+				id: '123',
+				title: 'Test',
+				persist: true
+			}
+		});
+
+		component.find('.close').trigger('click');
+		expect(notificationsStore.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith('123');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.vue b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b519ba9553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/notification-item.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+<template>
+	<div class="notification-item" :class="[type, { tail, dense }]" @click="close">
+		<div class="icon" v-if="icon">
+			<v-icon :name="icon" />
+		</div>
+
+		<div class="content">
+			<p class="title selectable">{{ title }}</p>
+			<p v-if="text" class="text selectable">{{ text }}</p>
+		</div>
+
+		<v-icon v-if="persist" name="close" @click="close" class="close" />
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
+import useNotificationsStore from '@/stores/notifications';
+
+export default defineComponent({
+	props: {
+		id: {
+			type: String,
+			required: true
+		},
+		title: {
+			type: String,
+			required: true
+		},
+		text: {
+			type: String,
+			default: null
+		},
+		icon: {
+			type: String,
+			default: null
+		},
+		type: {
+			type: String,
+			default: 'info',
+			validator: (val: string) => ['info', 'success', 'warning', 'error'].includes(val)
+		},
+		persist: {
+			type: Boolean,
+			default: false
+		},
+		tail: {
+			type: Boolean,
+			default: false
+		},
+		dense: {
+			type: Boolean,
+			default: false
+		}
+	},
+	setup(props) {
+		const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+
+		if (props.persist !== true) {
+			setTimeout(() => {
+				close();
+			}, 3000);
+		}
+
+		return { close };
+
+		function close() {
+			notificationsStore.remove(props.id);
+		}
+	}
+});
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+.notification-item {
+	position: relative;
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: flex-start;
+	width: 100%;
+	min-height: 64px;
+	margin-bottom: 4px;
+	padding: 12px;
+	color: var(--white);
+	border-radius: var(--button-border-radius);
+
+	.icon {
+		display: block;
+		display: flex;
+		flex-shrink: 0;
+		align-items: center;
+		justify-content: center;
+		width: 44px;
+		height: 44px;
+		margin-right: 12px;
+		background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
+		border-radius: 50%;
+	}
+
+	.content {
+		flex-grow: 1;
+	}
+
+	.title {
+		font-weight: 500;
+	}
+
+	&::after {
+		position: absolute;
+		right: 12px;
+		bottom: -5px;
+		z-index: -1;
+		display: block;
+		width: 20px;
+		height: 20px;
+		border-radius: 2px;
+		transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-5px, -5px);
+		transition: transform var(--slow) var(--transition);
+		content: '';
+		pointer-events: none;
+	}
+
+	&.tail::after {
+		transform: rotate(45deg) translate(0px, 0px);
+	}
+
+	&.dense {
+		width: max-content;
+		max-width: 100%;
+		min-height: 44px;
+
+		.icon {
+			width: auto;
+			height: auto;
+			margin-right: 8px;
+			background-color: transparent;
+		}
+
+		.text {
+			display: none;
+		}
+	}
+
+	&.info {
+		background-color: var(--accent);
+
+		&.tail::after {
+			background-color: var(--accent);
+		}
+
+		.text {
+			color: var(--accent-light);
+		}
+	}
+
+	&.success {
+		background-color: var(--success);
+
+		&.tail::after {
+			background-color: var(--success);
+		}
+
+		.text {
+			color: var(--success-light);
+		}
+	}
+
+	&.warning {
+		background-color: var(--warning);
+
+		&.tail::after {
+			background-color: var(--warning);
+		}
+
+		.text {
+			color: var(--warning-light);
+		}
+	}
+
+	&.error {
+		background-color: var(--danger);
+
+		&.tail::after {
+			background-color: var(--danger);
+		}
+
+		.text {
+			color: var(--danger-light);
+		}
+	}
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notification-item/readme.md b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2a08e1359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notification-item/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Notification Item
+
+An individual notification. Shouldn't be used outside of the notification group.
+
+## Usage
+
+```html
+<notification-item id="123" title="Hello world!" />
+```
+
+## Props
+| Prop      | Description                                                  | Default |
+|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
+| `id`*     | Unique identifier for the notification                       | --      |
+| `title`*  | What title to display in the notification                    | --      |
+| `text`    | What body text to display in the notification                | --      |
+| `icon`    | Icon to render on the left of the notification               | --      |
+| `type`    | One of `info`, `success`, `warning`, `error`                 | `info`  |
+| `persist` | Prevents notification from dissappearing                     | `false` |
+| `tail`    | Show a little tail on the bottom right of the bubble         | `false` |
+| `dense`   | Render the notification densely (no body text, less spacing) | `false` |
+
+## Events
+n/a
+
+## Slots
+n/a
+
+## CSS Variables
+n/a
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/index.ts b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97b0894708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import NotificationsGroup from './notifications-group.vue';
+
+export { NotificationsGroup };
+export default NotificationsGroup;
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/notifications-group.story.ts b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/notifications-group.story.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72c8ad09b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/notifications-group.story.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import readme from './readme.md';
+import { defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
+import useNotificationsStore from '@/stores/notifications';
+import { NotificationRaw } from '@/stores/notifications/types';
+import NotificationsGroup from './notifications-group.vue';
+import withPadding from '../../../../../.storybook/decorators/with-padding';
+
+export default {
+	title: 'Views / Private / Components / Notifications Group',
+	decorators: [withPadding],
+	parameters: {
+		notes: readme
+	}
+};
+
+const demoNotifications: NotificationRaw[] = [
+	{
+		title: 'Saved successfully',
+		icon: 'check',
+		type: 'success'
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Whoops...',
+		text: 'Something went wrong. Please try again later.',
+		persist: true,
+		icon: 'error',
+		type: 'error'
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Multiple users are editing this item',
+		text: 'Ben Haynes is currently editing this item.',
+		type: 'warning',
+		icon: 'warning'
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Update available',
+		text: 'Directus v9 has been released.',
+		type: 'info'
+	}
+];
+
+export const basic = () =>
+	defineComponent({
+		components: { NotificationsGroup },
+		setup() {
+			const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+
+			return { add };
+
+			function add() {
+				const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * demoNotifications.length);
+				notificationsStore.add(demoNotifications[randomIndex]);
+			}
+		},
+		template: `
+		<div>
+			<v-button @click="add">Add notification</v-button>
+			<notifications-group />
+		</div>
+	`
+	});
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/notifications-group.vue b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/notifications-group.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d5bb361d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/notifications-group.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<template>
+	<transition-group class="notifications-group" name="slide-fade" tag="div">
+		<notification-item
+			v-for="(notification, index) in queue"
+			:key="notification.id"
+			v-bind="notification"
+			:tail="index === queue.length - 1"
+			dense
+		/>
+	</transition-group>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { defineComponent, toRefs } from '@vue/composition-api';
+import useNotificationsStore from '@/stores/notifications';
+import NotificationItem from '../notification-item';
+
+export default defineComponent({
+	components: { NotificationItem },
+	setup() {
+		const notificationsStore = useNotificationsStore();
+		const queue = toRefs(notificationsStore.state).queue;
+
+		return { queue };
+	}
+});
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+@import '@/styles/mixins/breakpoint';
+
+.notifications-group {
+	position: fixed;
+	top: 0;
+	right: 8px;
+	left: 8px;
+	z-index: 999;
+	width: 280px;
+	direction: rtl;
+
+	> * {
+		direction: ltr;
+	}
+
+	@include breakpoint(medium) {
+		top: auto;
+		right: 12px;
+		bottom: 76px;
+		left: auto;
+	}
+}
+
+.notification-item {
+	transition: all 400ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1.25);
+}
+
+.slide-fade-enter-active {
+	transform: translateX(0px) scaleY(1) scaleX(1);
+	opacity: 1;
+}
+
+.slide-fade-leave-active {
+	position: absolute;
+}
+
+.slide-fade-enter {
+	transform: translateX(50px) scaleY(0) scaleX(0);
+	transform-origin: right bottom;
+	opacity: 0;
+}
+
+.slide-fade-leave-to {
+	transform: translateX(50px) scaleX(0);
+	transform-origin: right;
+	opacity: 0;
+	transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);
+	transition-duration: 200ms;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/readme.md b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dac58bfed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/private/components/notifications-group/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Notifications Group
+
+Renders a notification item for every notification in the notificationsStore queue
+
+## Usage
+
+```html
+<notifications-group />
+```
+
+## Props
+n/a
+
+## Events
+n/a
+
+## Slots
+n/a
+
+## CSS Variables
+n/a
diff --git a/src/views/private/private-view.vue b/src/views/private/private-view.vue
index 6501072758..daad6d68a3 100644
--- a/src/views/private/private-view.vue
+++ b/src/views/private/private-view.vue
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 
 		<v-overlay class="nav-overlay" :active="navOpen" @click="navOpen = false" />
 		<v-overlay class="drawer-overlay" :active="drawerOpen" @click="drawerOpen = false" />
+
+		<notifications-group />
 	</div>
 </template>
 
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ import DrawerDetailGroup from './components/drawer-detail-group/';
 import HeaderBar from './components/header-bar';
 import ProjectChooser from './components/project-chooser';
 import DrawerButton from './components/drawer-button/';
+import NotificationsGroup from './components/notifications-group/';
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	components: {
@@ -69,7 +72,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		DrawerDetailGroup,
 		HeaderBar,
 		ProjectChooser,
-		DrawerButton
+		DrawerButton,
+		NotificationsGroup
 	},
 	props: {
 		title: {