This diagram is a schematic arrangement of the vowels. In the diagram we can see that there are rounded and unrounded vowels. As you can see there is front, central, and back.
The rounded vowels are: [yø œ ɶ ɒ ɔ o ʊ u ʉ]
The unrounded vowels are: [i ɪ e ɛ æ a ɐ ɑ ʌ ɤ ɯ ɨ ɜ ə]
In this image you can see when the lips are rounded and unrounded:
In this link you will find a very interesting information about the rounded and unrounded vowels:
http://clas.mq.edu.au/speech/phonetics/phonetics/vowelartic/lip_posture.html
In this link you will find information and exercises about the rounded and unrounded vowels:
http://www.tap.msu.edu/team/online/Default.aspx
Here we have a video about the front unrounded vowels:
Here we have the back rounded vowels:
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